Saying that the US withdrawal of the JCPOA was the Trump administration's miscalculation, Iran's Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said it was a lose-lose situation.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has strongly criticized the previous administration of President Donald Trump over its disastrous withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Sullivan made the remarks at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations on Friday as ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to his recent letter to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, saying that US lack of commitment will be published in a book soon. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the cabinetmeeting, Zarif pointed to external factors which prevented the government from achieving the desired ...

Russias Deputy Foreign Minister SergeiRyabkovhas rejected calls for the inclusion of irrelevant subjects in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, saying any proposal similar to JCPOA+ put forward by Germany is wrong. In a post on its Twitter account on Monday, the Russian Mission in Vienna quoted Ryabkov as saying that Moscow was opposed to expandingthe ...

The foreign ministers of China and Russia saythe United States should return to a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers "unconditionally" at an early date and lift sanctions against Iran as well as third-party entities and individuals. The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers made the remarks whileaddressing a ...

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi dismissed any preconditions for the next US administrations return to the 2015 nuclear deal. In an interview with Entekhab news website, Salehi underscored that Iran would not approve of any preconditions for the return of Americans to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)....

The European Union foreign policy chief, Joseph Borrell, says Iran should reap the economic benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear work. This deal is not only a nuclear deal, Borrell toldTimemagazine in an interview on November 16. It is also an economic deal, and Iran is expecting to have some exchange for ...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message reiterated the fact that the United States is not a participant to Iran nuclear deal and advised US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to read the UNSC Resolution 2231. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that Washington delivered a letter to the UN for snapback invocation against ...

MNA Iran's Presidential Aide for Legal Affairs Laya Joneidi named the US as the 'premier violator of the JCPOA'. She informed that a team comprised of members from Vice Presidency for Legal Affairs, ministry of foreign affairs and Iranian experts are discussing four arguments of the Islamic Republic about the JCPOA case and the unilateral withdrawal ...

IRNA The previous ambassador of France to the United States said Tehrans reducing its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was due to the fact that Washington violated the international deal. Simultaneous with French President Emmanuel Macrons efforts to persuade the US to stay in the JCPOA, Grard Araud wrote in a tweet ...

FNA - Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Majid Takht-e Ravanchi lashed out at the US for its measures against the nuclear deal, saying that the JCPOA is annexed to the Resolution 2231 which makes both of them imperative. The USwith media stuntscontinues to claim JCPOA has no legal standing at UN, Takht-e Ravanchi wrote on ...

Al-Monitor | Daniel Hoffman: China's reported multibillion economic and security deal with Iran could be a double-edged sword. Iran is reportedly in the final stages of agreeing to a $400 billion economic and security deal with China, which includes infrastructure investment, discounted Iranian oil and enhanced cooperation on both defense and intelligence....

MNA Iran has once again slammed the European parties to the 20105 nuclear deal for their lack of commitment in preserving the deal in the face of US unilateral sanctions. The US unilateral sanctions, as well as the lack of commitment by the E3 [Germany, France and the UK] are the main reasons behind the JCPOA collapse, Iranian President's Chief ...

Sputnik - The Iranian Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow for face-to-face talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday. The talks focused on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015, as well as bilateral ties and matters of regional and international significance. Iranian Foreign ...

Tasnim Concurrent with the fifth anniversary of the 2015 nuclear deal, Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washingtons contempt for law and diplomacy threatens the global security and should not be a yardstick for international norms. Today is 5th anniv. of the #JCPOAlast decades greatest diplomatic achievementand reminder that US ...

Tasnim The US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and its disrespect for the international diplomacy prevented Iran from enjoying the advantages of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the administrations spokesperson said. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday, Ali Rabiee said the time has come to conduct a fair review ...

Sputnik - John Boltons explosive forthcoming memoir presents a myriad of glimpses, including gossipy ones, of both President Trumps personal life, the White House inner circle, and his foreign policy take on key developments over the past few years. PresidentDonald Trumppostponed taking the United States out of theIrandeal, the landmark JCPOA ...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Iran and Russia need consultations to deal with critical situation in the international community. Speaking to IRNA, IRIB upon his arrival at Moscow airport, Zarif said Iran and Russia as two neighboring countries enjoy strategic relations. It is necessary for both ...

MNA | Mohsen Ahadi: Iran has five options on the table in response to US efforts to extend arms embargo on Tehran, which will allow the country a chance for countermeasure against continued lack of commitment by the Western sides and Washington's plots. As the time for the removal of the arms embargo on Tehran approaches, Washington is ...

Foreign Policy |Keith Johnson, Colum Lynch: The battle between the United States and the remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal is heating up, with huge stakes not just for the survival of the near-moribund accord but for the entire future of the U.N. Security Council and its ability to rein in bad actors. Two years after unilaterally pulling ...