FM Zarif: Iran to raise enrichment if EU acts passively
Tehran (Basirat) :Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran could increase uranium enrichment should the European Union continue to act passively in the wake of the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
"The Europeans and the other signatories must act in order to compensate for the
effects of the US sanctions," Zarif told the German news magazine Der Spiegel on
Saturday.
The US withdrew from the 2015 agreement in May and began reimposing sanctions on
Iran at the start of August, with further sanctions on the country's finance and
energy sectors to follow on November 4.
Zarif said Tehran might act if "the balance of give and take were destroyed,"
adding that "oil and banks" were the litmus test. This, however, did not
necessarily mean that Iran would for its part withdraw from the nuclear
agreement.
Partial or reduced implementation was another possibility, Zarif asserted.
The foreign minister said European parties to the nuclear deal with Iran must
decide if they want to submit to US pressure, adding the Europeans needed to
decide whether they are ready to let deeds follow their words.
"The Europeans and the other signatories must act in order to compensate for the
effects of the US sanctions," he said.
Source:Presstv
