CGTN: The US withdrawal from the JCPOA was a strategic failure

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News ID: 55216
Publish Date: 13:31 - 26 December 2021
Sunday, 26 December 2021 (YJC)_ In an expert note, China World Television Network called the US unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 a strategic failure that only strengthened Iran's nuclear program.

CGTN: The US withdrawal from the JCPOA was a strategic failureIn a note, China's "CGTN" network called the US withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in 2018 a strategic failure.

The preamble to the memo refers to the resumption of the Vienna talks on December 27 (tomorrow) and then reads:
Despite Iran's commitment to the JCPOA, then-US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in 2018. The United States not only abandoned the agreement, but re-imposed all sanctions on Iran.

This note adds:
According to the US-based Arms Control Association, when the United States withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018, it did not provide any evidence that Iran had not complied with the agreement, while Iran did so for a year after the US withdrawal. He was completely committed.

According to the report, Iran also began to reduce its commitment in 2019, followed by several actions in the same year, but despite these actions, Iran remained one of the participants in JCPOA.

Prior to Trump's departure, the report claims that Iran complied with the 2015 agreement, which kept the country from reaching a point where it could have enough material to build an atomic bomb for about a year. Now, according to various estimates, the escape time has been reduced to a few months.

The following is the report:
At the start of the Vienna talks, Iran made three demands to Washington. First, the United States must admit its mistake in withdrawing from the agreement. Second, the United States must lift all sanctions at once. Third, the United States must ensure that no future government in this country unilaterally withdraws from the agreement.

"Historically, the United States has rarely apologized for anything," according to an analysis published in the Chinese media. Also, according to the US Constitution, Joe Biden is not in a position to give any guarantees from future governments. In addition, it is idealistic for the United States to lift all sanctions at once.

From the beginning, the Biden administration was largely able to reverse the nuclear deal, but the United States' intentions from day one did not seem real, according to the CGTN website. Under intense Israeli pressure, Trump's departure in 2018 has become a major strategic mistake that has jeopardized the overall peace and stability of the region, proving to have the opposite effect on JCPOA because it has only strengthened Iran's nuclear program.

The report claims that in the current situation, if the talks fail and the United States and Iran fail to resolve the issue, there may be a war ahead.

The memo goes on to point to the growing inflexibility of the United States and Israeli influence, and to the recent rhetoric of the Zionist regime:
Israel claims to be defending itself against the Iranian nuclear threat and has repeatedly claimed that it is launching a military strike against Iran with or without US support. To prevent another war in the region, the United States must take the first step and rejoin the JCPOA and lift sanctions so that Iran can reverse its shortcomings and slow down the enrichment process. The unilateral withdrawal of the United States is not compensable at this stage. But we can move forward through negotiations and the active participation of the JCPOA members. All possible means should be mobilized in future negotiations to avoid any disruption that could lead to a possible crisis in the future.

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china ، usa ، iran ، jcpoa
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