The agreement with Iran was signed in 2015 by the USA, France, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union; the intention was to ensure that Iran would be unable to develop nuclear weapons – and would have no incentive to do so. Trump, in announcing that the US was leaving, said: “This was a horrible, one-sided deal that should never have been made.” He then restored the sanctions against Iran that had been lifted by the Obama administration when the deal was reached and worked to isolate Iran internationally.
Zarif’s comments on Sunday echoed those of the state’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said earlier in the day that the United States should lift all sanctions against the country if it wants Iran to fully honor the deal.
President Joe Biden, who was vice president when the deal was negotiated by Secretary of State John Kerry, placed the burden on Iran to roll the ball, saying the country should stop enriching uranium if it wants the United States to return to the country. business. But Zarif was emphatic in saying that the onus is on the United States to correct its behavior, not on Iran to prove that it is worthy of the deal.
“The way to return to full compliance on the part of Iran is the United States, which has completely abandoned the agreement, to go back and implement its obligations,” said Zarif in “Fareed Zakaria GPS”. “Now, it is clear that it is a decision that President Biden and his advisers need to make. Whether they want to break with President Trump’s failed policies or whether they want to build on his failures. If they want to build on their failures, they will only have failure as a result. “
Iran’s foreign minister also said his country would refuse to consider negotiating a different deal or adding other elements to the deal.
“The entire nuclear deal is non-negotiable because it was fully negotiated,” said Zarif. “We need to implement something that we negotiate. We don’t buy the horse twice. “