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News ID: 42801
Publish Date : 12 August 2017 - 21:15
Senior Aide to Irish President:

Europe Totally Content With Iran’s Compliance




TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- An Irish official has slammed the way Washington is dealing with the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, saying Europe is totally content with Iran’s commitment to the JCPOA.
Conor س Raghallaigh, the deputy secretary-general to the Irish president, highlighted here the significance of compliance with the Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
He stressed that all signatories to the agreement must keep it on track.
"However, the US is using a different language,” said the Irish official in a Farsi interview with ICANA.
س Raghallaigh said Ireland believes Iran has remained committed to the JCPOA.
He described Iran’s performance regarding the JCPOA as good, saying, "This compliance with the deal is very important, and I don’t think the imposition of sanctions against Iran is a positive move.”
"Iran has observed the terms of the protocol and dealt with the agreement calmly, so unfair sanctions against Iran should be lifted,” he noted.
He then weighed in on Europe’s viewpoint on Iran’s abidance by the JCPOA.
"As we see, European countries are very content with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s dealing with the JCPOA. However, the U.S. government is using a different language regarding the agreement. This comes as American people’s viewpoint is opposed to that of Washington,” said the Irish official.
He said the important point is that the nuclear deal should remain on track, which will see Iran’s doors opened to the world and vice versa.
On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for seeking to scrap the JCPOA at the expense of the Islamic Republic.
The U.S. president has always wanted to "kill” the nuclear deal, Zarif said on his official Twitter account on Friday.
"To avoid isolation, he’s trying to blame it on Iran,” he added.
"Bad faith on top of U.S. violating the letter and spirit (of the JCPOA),” the top Iranian diplomat said.
The U.S. president on Thursday claimed that Iran was not "living up to the spirit” of the JCPOA and said he thought it was a "horrible agreement."
"I don't think Iran is in compliance. I don't think they're living up to the spirit of the agreement,” Trump said in New Jersey.
Trump has been a virulent critic of the JCPOA signed under his predecessor Barack Obama, calling it "the worst deal ever."
The U.S. Senate and Treasury Department have imposed new sanctions against the Islamic Republic and several Iranian companies and individuals in recent months over its national missile program, which is not in breach of the JCPOA.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the Trump administration’s skepticism about the "successful” nuclear deal was a pity.
Speaking in a meeting with students broadcast live by state television, Lavrov expressed regret that "our American partners” call the JCPOA into question.
"In the Trump administration they continue calling these agreements wrong and erroneous, and it's a pity that such a successful treaty is now somewhat being cast into doubt,” the Russian foreign minister said.
The Iranian parliament is set to vote on a motion which incorporates a host of retaliatory measures in the face of U.S. "acts of terror” and "adventurism” in the region.
The bill, which was passed by the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy on Wednesday, is scheduled to be put on the parliament’s agenda next Sunday.