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Moscow & its partners oppose steps threating nuke deal with Iran

08 February 2017 [16:41] - TODAY.AZ
By Azernews


By Kamila Aliyeva

Moscow is concerned over Iran's possible withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, a historic deal that ended 12-year standoff over Iran's nuclear program.

Tehran's possible withdrawal from the nuke deal due to the United States' anti-Iran rhetoric would signal the failure of the international community, Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Ulyanov told Ria Novosti.

"There are indeed concerns because we see rather harsh rhetoric from the U.S. Administration and Tehran's reciprocal tough rhetoric,” he said, emphasizing that Tehran's withdrawal would be a major failure for the entire international community.

Tensions surrounding the nuclear deal escalated after Iran conducted a ballistic missile test last week, drawing criticism from the United States and the European Union.

Iran, five permanent UN Security Council members, Germany and the European Union signed the JCPOA in July 2015 to ensure the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program. Then, the Islamic republic pledged to refrain from developing or acquiring nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of sanctions imposed against Iran.

Last week, Iran conducted a test ballistic missile launches purportedly in line with its defense programs. Claiming that the tests were a violation of the UN resolution, Washington imposed sanctions against individuals and entities providing support to Tehran’s ballistic missile program and to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force.

Uliyanov further stressed that Moscow and its five partners in the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement oppose steps that put into question the agreement's viability.

“Moscow and its European partners urge to avoid any steps that could aggravate the situation. r, even more so, that call into question the viability of the existing agreements,” he said.

Uliyanov  is sure that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action's (JCPOA) failure would not be in the interests of the United States, Russia, Iran and its regional neighbors including Israel.

“If the [nuclear] deal falls through, the issues that seem to be successfully addressed, will rise with all their acuteness, and the situation will again become unpredictable," Uliyanov concluded.

During his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly stated that he believes that the nuclear agreement with Iran signed by the Obama administration is “the worst deal ever negotiated”, and in case of his election as a head of the White House, he will reconsider it.

Meanwhile, Tehran announced that the country is committed to the implementation of the nuclear program agreement and intends to discuss the implementation process with Russia.

"We are pleased to have an opportunity to exchange views once again. Our previous meetings were very meaningful, held in the atmosphere of trust," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Ryabkov.

 "Today we will discuss various aspects of the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, we are committed to its implementation. It is very important for us to exchange views, taking into consideration all the challenges that we have been facing."

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