(MENAFN) The US has been accused by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of breaching most of its pledges to the 2015 nuclear accord, saying that leaving the agreement is to liberate Iran from any commitment to remain in the deal.
Speaking to the National Interest, the foreign minister stated "if the United States officially withdraws from the JCPOA, the immediate implication would be that it would free Iran of any obligation to remain in the JCPOA."
The foreign minister claimed that the Trump administration "has really not been a part of the JCPOA, has violated almost every US commitment under the JCPOA, so we've had almost sixteen months of a trial period for official withdrawal."
He added "that's not, certainly, the government's position. But we have very active public opinion and we have always been responsive to public opinion. But what I see in the cards as the first stage of our response to US official withdrawal would be to contemplate also withdrawing from the JCPOA."
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