TEHRAN, April 16 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that Iran’s nuclear deal is an agreement between Iran and P5+1 countries.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Asked about Iran’s view about several rounds of talks held between European and US officials to reform the deal, he said, “I am not aware of these meetings or what you discussed. I do not know what may have been discussed in the negotiations,” he told reporters in his weekly press conference on Monday.
He said Iran’s nuclear deal is an agreement between Iran and P5+1 countries and it is a ‘clear issue’. What else is mentioned is media discussions and “We do not have official information about these talks and meetings.”
Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – the US, France, Britain, Russia and China – plus Germany 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.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions by May 12 unless tough new restrictions are imposed on Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
Trump wants Iran's missile capabilities to come under the provisions of the nuclear agreement, which Tehran vehemently rejects.
The US president has called on America's European allies to agree to tougher measures and new conditions for Washington to remain in the deal.