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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirms his country’s commitment to the nuclear deal in the event that sanctions are lifted, indicating Tehran’s readiness to discuss Washington’s adherence to the deal again.
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Zarif during the inauguration ceremony of the new president of Bolivia, Luis Ars Katakura, in La Paz (AFP).
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran will fully implement the nuclear deal if US President-elect Joe Biden lifts sanctions on his country.
Zarif, in a statement to the official “Iran” newspaper on Wednesday, said that negotiations are possible within the framework of the group (5 + 1), indicating that Tehran is ready to discuss how the United States will rejoin the agreement.
Previously, the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, had pledged to return to the agreement concluded in 2015, should Tehran comply with its provisions.
Zarif noted that “if Mr. Biden is ready to fulfill US obligations, we can also immediately return to our full commitments in the agreement,” and stressed that Iran is ready “to discuss how the United States can rejoin the agreement. … The situation will improve in … The next few months … Biden can lift all sanctions with three executive orders. “
“This can be done automatically, without the need to set conditions: the United States will fulfill its obligations under (Security Council Resolution) 2231 (lift sanctions), and we will fulfill our obligations under the nuclear deal,” he said.
In his tweet, Zarif said: “The United States is still a member of the United Nations, and if it adheres to Resolution 2231 on this basis, we will comply with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.” Member. “
The United States remains a member of the UN. If you meet your obligations as such under UNSCR 2231, we will meet ours under #JCPOA.
If the US then seeks to rejoin the JCPOA, we are ready to negotiate terms for you to regain your “JCPOA Participant” status. Https://t.co/cQXJo8PZak
– Javad Zarif (@JZarif) November 18, 2020
The 2015 agreement in Vienna between Iran, on the one hand, and the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, and Germany, on the other, allowed the lifting of many economic sanctions that were imposed on Iran.
This came in exchange for Tehran reducing the level of its nuclear activities and ensuring that major powers did not include any military targets in the program, noting that Iran has repeatedly stressed that it does not seek to possess a nuclear weapon.
For his part, President Hassan Rouhani suggested that the Biden administration would adopt a different policy than the one followed by the Trump administration.
During a televised speech on the sidelines of Wednesday’s weekly cabinet meeting, he expected that “the new US administration will re-establish (abide by) the rules,” which could lead to “a gradual transition from a climate of threats to a climate of opportunities “.
And on Monday, the US newspaper “New York Times” revealed that Trump last week sought the opinion of his advisers on the possibility of “taking action” against an Iranian nuclear site that could be the Natanz facility, during the next few weeks before the end of his term.
He added that those officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “convinced the president not to go ahead with a military attack” against Iran, fearing it would lead to a full-scale conflict.
It is reported that on May 8, 2018 Trump announced the withdrawal of his country from the nuclear agreement with Iran, reimposed sanctions on it and considered that the agreement does not prevent him from possessing a nuclear bomb.
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