Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 15, 2018. Thierry Monasse/Pool via Reuters
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LONDON (Reuters) – The world should stand up to Washington’s bullying behaviour, Iran’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday by state media in a letter to counterparts, as the top diplomat intensifies efforts to save a nuclear deal after a U.S. exit.
U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out last month from the 2015 accord between Iran and world powers that lifted sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs to its nuclear programme.
The remaining signatories of the deal – France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China – still see the international accord as the best chance of stopping Tehran developing a nuclear weapon and are trying to salvage it.
In a letter from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to his counterparts last week, he asked “the remaining signatories and other trade partners” to “make up for Iran’s losses” caused by the U.S. exit, if they sought to save the deal.
“The JCPOA (nuclear deal) does not belong to its signatories, so one party can reject it based on domestic policies or political differences with a former ruling administration,” Zarif was quoted as saying in the letter, parts of which were published by the state news agency IRNA on Sunday.
The nuclear deal was the result of “meticulous, sensitive and balanced multilateral talks”, Zarif said, and could not be renegotiated as the United States has demanded.
He said U.S. “illegal withdrawal” from the deal and its “bullying methods to bring other governments in line” with that decision have discredited the rule of law in international arena.
Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has set out a series of conditions on for European powers if they want Tehran to stay in the nuclear deal, including steps to safeguard trade with Tehran and guarantee Iranian oil sales.
The remaining parties to the nuclear deal have warned the United States that its decision to withdraw from the pact jeopardises efforts to limit Iran’s ability to develop atomic weapons.
Trump abandoned the agreement on May 8, arguing that he wanted a bigger deal that not only limited Iran’s atomic work but also reined in its support for proxies in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon and that curbed its ballistic missile programme.
(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; editing by David Evans)
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https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/iran-calls-on-world-to-stand-up-to-trump–save-nuclear-deal-/44164388
Tariffs and Iran are the two main issues that are dividing Trump’s America from its European Allies and on both issues Trump is showing just how irrational his policies are. The Iranians have been in full compliance with nucleur inspections and Europe should still continue to do business with Iran. If Trump wants to pull out US companies, that’s his prerogative. Chinese and Russian companies will simply replace them.
Different view from Progressive Muslim.
Base on Al Quran.
1. Some time the majority is not always right. Even internstional reject Trump idea on Jerusalem and Iran, I believe that God’s has His own plan to change the world.
To change the world is not easy, but with God’s help every thing will be easy. By permitting Trump as President US , a power nation in the world, Allah will use Trump hands or US power to punish all Islamic extremist Wahhabi and Extremist Shiah ( Iran, Hrsbullah, Hamas, Yemen etc).
Because the extremist Muslim power has became a dangerous group for humanity, liberty, and freedom of religion and expression.
Trump and Israel protect Human Right as Allah’s law.
So those who REJECT the freedom of Israel and Ahmadiyyah will be punished severely soon or later.
Ahmadiyyah should support Trump policy to defeat the extremist Muslim as Ahmadiyyah’s enemy too.
Am I wrong?
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You are not only wrong. You are blind. Even your friend Prince Mohammad bin Salman told you how ‘the West’ (USA) used the Islamic militants, in fact created them, for their own purpose. Israel protect Human Rights ?????? Are you absolutely blind ?????? Are you a Zionist too ???????
Dear Rafiq you still do not underdtand well about Human Right yet.
1. Human Right cannot apply to the extremist intolerant ( Hews, Christian and Muslim). Human Right can be applied in civil society.
2. Million Muslim who live in Israel and US are treated equal right— for example Ahmadiyyah so enjoy to live in US and Israel. It is a real proof for you Rafiq.dont you see that?
Who is blind? Rafiq.
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Yes, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Israel is treated well, because Israel knows that Ahmadi-Muslims are good citizens. Ahmadi-Muslims respect their homeland and its laws. When speaking about Israel however you cannot just be BLIND and ignore their behavior in the occupied territories and with the blockade of Gaza. Therefore, you are blind, Somi.