Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned European Union countries (EU) countries about that they have a “last chance” to preserve the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. He wrote about this in his Twitter -account.
According to Zarif, he set this condition during the last conference of the countries participating in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The Iranian spokesman stressed that the “European troika” (Great Britain, France and Germany) violated their obligations under the deal, and they are responsible for “irreparable damage that was caused to the Iranian people.”
Earlier, the JCPOA member countries reported about their readiness to support the return of the United States to the deal … The heads of MFA stressed the determination of the parties to the agreement to positively approach this issue by joint efforts.
December 14, the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani declared about its unwillingness to negotiate its missile program with a new by the US administration . At the same time, on December 18 it became known that Iran resumed work on a secret nuclear facility in Fordow – Iranian uranium enrichment plant, which is located south of Tehran.
In 2018, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA and imposed sanctions against Tehran. In early December, the newly elected US President Joe Biden announced that he plans to return Washington to deal. He also said he plans to negotiate and conclude follow-up agreements with Iran that would “tighten and extend restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program, as well as touch on its missile program.”