Iran says ready if anything happens to nuclear deal
A top Iranian diplomat who was involved in nuclear talks with great powers has said Iran is ready if anything happens to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly called the nuclear deal
The comments by Majid Takhtravanchi, the deputy foreign minister for European
and American affairs, comes as U.S. President Donald Trump and his national
security advisor have used threatening language against Iran in recent days.
"All sides’ obligations in the JCPOA are clear. Either the JCPOA is implemented
or not we are ready for both situations,” Takhtravanchi told ISNA in an
interview published on Saturday.
U.S. President Donald Trump continued his bellicose posture toward Iran on
Thursday, reiterating in a series of tweets his administration’s warning that
Iran has been "put on notice” for its recent ballistic missile launch.
"Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE for firing a ballistic missile,” Trump
wrote in a tweet shortly after 6:30 a.m. Thursday. "Should have been thankful
for the terrible deal the U.S. made with them!”
In another tweet on Friday, Trump said, "Iran is playing with fire -- they don’t
appreciate how ‘kind’ President Obama was to them. Not me!”
On Friday the U.S. government also imposed sanctions on 25 individuals and
entities which it claimed are connected to Iran’s missile program. Iran said the
sanctions are against the UN Security Council Resolution 3321 which endorsed the
nuclear agreement.
Takhtravanchi said, "We know what to do if the new U.S. government or any other
government refuses to fulfill its commitments.”
He added, "We are interested in successful and full implementation of the JCPOA
and we are not seeking to violate it, but we have plans if its implementation is
endangered.”
Iran and the 5+1 group - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia
plus Germany - finalized the text of the JCPOA in Vienna on July 14, 2015. On
July 20, 2015, the UN Security Council turned the JCPOA into international law
by endorsing the Resolution 3321.
The nuclear deal went into effect in January 2016.
source: Tehran times