PressTV-US in no place to set conditions for JCPOA: Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States is “in no position” to set conditions for the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.

Zarif, who is currently on an official visit to Pakistan, made the remark in a post on his official Twitter account on Tuesday after speaking to Geo News anchorperson Hamid Mir on ‘Capital Talk’.

“[US President] Mr [Donald] Trump has made habit of being unpredictable and thus unreliable for anybody to engage with,” the Iranian foreign minister said.

“Nobody will be interested in reaching any agreement with the White House if US signature only good for 4-8 yrs,” he added.

Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – the US, France, Britain, Russia and China – plus Germany signed the nuclear agreement on July 14, 2015 and started implementing it on January 16, 2016.

Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its…

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