TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranian nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, is an international deal and its renegotiation is not acceptable, Tehran Times daily reported on Tuesday.
“I believe (U.S. President Donald) Trump may try to renegotiate the nuclear deal,” Zarif said, adding that “It’s clear that neither Iran nor Europe will accept a re-examination of the deal. So, we have difficult days ahead.”
Iran and six major world powers reached an agreement on the former’s disputed nuclear program in July 2015, which was implemented in January last year. Based on the agreement, Iran agreed to scale back its nuclear activities to a considerable degree in return for the lift of western and international sanctions.
Trump has criticized the deal, as a pact of “disaster” or “the worst deal ever negotiated” and has vowed to renegotiate the accord.
Going back on the deal is impossible as it is not a bilateral agreement between Iran and the United States, Zarif was quoted as saying.
Any review of the agreement, endorsed by the United Nations Security Council, will face resistance from the international community as well, he said.
