London support further implementation of the nuclear deal; Jack Straw
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in a meeting in Tehran discussed bilateral ties, regional developments and the nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany).
"My country is resolved to support further implementation of the nuclear deal," Straw said during the meeting in the Iranian capital on Tuesday.
Zarif and Straw also discussed key regional issues, particularly the situation in Yemen and Bahrain.
Straw was in Tehran to attend the second international conference on security in West Asia, known as Tehran Security Conference, amid challenges facing the strategic region.
Iran and the Group 5+1 signed the nuclear agreement on July 14, 2015 and started implementing it on January 16, 2016.
Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Tehran.
The US president delivered an anti-Iran speech on October 13, 2017, in which he said he would not continue to certify Iran’s compliance with the terms of the JCPOA, a central foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and warned that he might ultimately terminate the agreement.
The next deadline for Trump to waive nuclear-related sanctions falls on Friday.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned on Monday about possible withdrawal of the United States from the landmark nuclear deal and said, "The US president has taken many actions over the past year to destroy the JCPOA and it is even possible that the JCPOA would be dismantled in the next few days through measures he seeks to take."
Araqchi further expressed Iran's readiness for any scenario vis-à-vis the US decision on remaining committed to the JCPOA or pulling out of it.
In a phone conversation with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano on Monday, the AEOI head said the Islamic Republic may reconsider its cooperation with the UN nuclear agency in case of a US non-compliance with the JCPOA.
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