Iran said on Monday that the United States is not empowered to violate the nuclear deal reached between Tehran and world powers last year.
In his weekly address to the press, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi also said there were no plans for Russia to use Iran’s military bases for the time being.
“The US cannot [violate the deal] and is not in the position to move in the opposite direction of this accord and oppose it, nor is any other country.”
The accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was clinched in July 2015 between Iran on the one side, and the US, Britain, Russia, France and China plus Germany on the other. It lifted nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran in exchange for limits on its nuclear activities.
Qassemi further said given the agreement’s multi-national nature, “it will have a strong international backing and its contravention is not something that could happen easily.”
Recently, the US Congress voted to extend Washington’s sanctions law against the Islamic Republic, known as the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), although the JCPOA has removed all nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran.
On the other hand, Qassemi the Russian use of Iranian military bases will depend on the situation emerging in future.
He stressed meanwhile, that Iran and Russia have basic and grave cooperation in many areas and pursue common interests in the region.
The Iranian official said the two countries have had cooperation in many decisive and crucial topics in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
Source: IRNA
