Iranian FM Javed Zarif makes an urge to the new US President Joe Biden
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Under the Trump administration, relations between the US and Iran quickly deteriorated and tensions reached new heights following the US' exit from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), imposition of a slew of designations and sanctions on Iranian officials and entities, and the killing of General Qasem Soleimani.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif urged newly sworn-in US President Joe Biden on Friday to "choose a better path" than his predecessor and return the Land of the Free to the 2015 nuclear deal link before the opportunity disappears for the administration.
Zarif urged in an opinion piece published in Foreign Affairs magazine that if the US were to rejoin the thoroughly negotiated agreement, “Iran will likewise return to full implementation of our commitments under the nuclear deal link.” However, the official went on to warn that “if Washington instead insists on extracting concessions, then this opportunity will be lost.”
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“Iran has significantly increased its nuclear capabilities since May 2019 - but it has done so in full conformity with paragraph 36 of the nuclear agreement, which allows Iran to ‘cease performing its commitments’ under the deal should another signatory stop performing its own,” reads the op-ed.
Zarif further states it is essential that the Biden administration “muster the genuine political will in Washington to demonstrate that the United States is ready to be a real partner in collective efforts.”
According to the official, required steps to salvage the US’ role as a signatory of the 2015 deal include “unconditionally removing” all sanctions imposed by the Trump administration and those that were re-imposed when former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 after alleging the terms were violated, and that the deal was fatally flawed.
Participants of the still active agreement include China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK and the European Union.
