Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated Tuesday that his country remains committed to the P5+1 nuclear deal, despite the US having withdrawn earlier in the day. He did, however, say that this was conditioned on the deal still offering the same benefits.
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he is spearheading a diplomatic effort with all the remaining signatories to the deal, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China. Diplomats will attempt to see if those five can ensure that the terms of he nuclear deal are still in place without the US.
The European nations have all expressed “regret” at Trump withdrawing the US from the deal, and say they will remain in it. The US, however, is trying to stop European companies from doing business with Iran. Access to foreign markets is a key term of the deal from Iran’s perspective, even if the US never allowed direct access to most American companies.
What this boils down to for Iran is the question of whether the five remaining signatories will ensure Iran retains sanction relief from them, and the ability to do business with their companies. That’s still an open question, as the US is already trying to block some such commerce, and the overseas reaction is still uncertain.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging the remaining parties to all abide by the deal. He is urging all nations to keep issues unrelated to the deal from having an impact on implementation. This is clearly a knock on President Trump, whose argument for leaving the deal is wholly centered on objections unrelated to the nuclear deal.
Let the trade war begin. As tit for tat continues, let’s see how long can the American consumers put up with sanctions placed on European companies that ultimately impacts the U.S markets.
The United States is Israel’s bitch.
There’s no honor or dignity to be had here. No shining beacon on the hill, just a sewer for Netanyahu’s appetites.
The P4+1 need to widen the agreement to P10+1. I suspect there are many nations willing to sign on, Egypt, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil etc.
After more than a decade i still say: Damn the theocrats and their belief that Koran speaks against possession of WMD and go ahead with the right to bear arms; which, as we know or should know, is a universal right and not just of the US, Israel…
So, we soon to see regime change in Iran? It is a sacred duty of any govt to protect own people by any means whatever!!!!