"The Islamic Republic officials will never accept to renegotiate the terms of a nuclear agreement it clinched with the P5+1 group of countries more than two years ago," stressed Velayati.
Any doubt by US about JCPOA is not acceptable: Velayati
20 Sep 2017 - 10:08
"The Islamic Republic officials will never accept to renegotiate the terms of a nuclear agreement it clinched with the P5+1 group of countries more than two years ago," stressed Velayati.
Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs, said on Tuesday that Iran accepted negotiations over its nuclear program only once and engaged in protracted talks with the P5+1 group to reach the nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Velayati made the remarks in response to earlier comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country is a party to the JCPOA, about the possibility of renegotiating the provisions of the nuclear deal after their scheduled expiration in 2025.
The possibility was raised in the French leader’s separate one-on-one meetings with US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday on the sidelines of the 72nd annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, French officials said.
“Any doubt by any country about this agreement is not acceptable [to Iran] and this proposal [by French president] will not be accepted at all,” Velayati said.
European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on Monday that the JCPOA worked fine and belonged to the entire world, not just the United States.
“This deal belongs to the international community,” the top EU diplomat said.
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