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Iran to Remain Committed to JCPOA as Long as Benefits from It

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country would remain committed to its obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal with six world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as long as the Islamic Republic benefits from the agreement.

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Date: 29 October 2017 - 18:29

A country that has signed an international and multilateral agreement does not have the right to deal with it in whatever way it likes, President Rouhani said at a meeting with Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano in Tehran on Sunday, seemingly referring to the US government’s measures in violation of the nuclear agreement.

As it has repeatedly declared, the Islamic Republic will not be the first party to the JCPOA that withdraws from the deal, the president said.

"We are committed to the JCPOA as long as we can enjoy the benefits mentioned in the deal,” President Rouhani added.

The 159-page nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France, and Germany) was reached in July 2015 and came into force in January 2016.

Since the historic deal was signed in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly confirmed the Islamic Republic’s compliance with its commitments under the JCPOA, but some other parties, especially the US, have failed to live up to their undertakings.

In a major confrontational stance against Iran on October 13, US President Donald Trump refused to certify the multilateral deal on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Speaking from the White House, Trump said he will choose not to certify that Tehran is complying with the agreement.