London, May 9 (TNS): France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says the Iranian nuclear deal is “not dead” despite US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw, British media reported on Wednesday.
The 2015 agreement curbed Iran’s nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions that had been imposed by the UN, US and EU.
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But Mr Trump argued that the deal was “defective at its core”, saying he would pull out and reimpose sanctions.
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Other signatories to the nuclear accord say they remain committed to it.
The deal was agreed between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the US, UK, France, China and Russia – plus Germany. It was struck under Mr Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.
Iran said it would try to salvage the agreement but would restart uranium enrichment if it could not.
In a statement, President Hassan Rouhani said: “If we achieve the deal’s goals in co-operation with other members of the deal, it will remain in place.”
But the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was sceptical, saying he did not trust Britain, France or Germany, and would need “guarantees” before continuing the nuclear deal.
“I said many times from the first day: don’t trust America,” he said in comments carried on his official website.
In his comments to French radio, Mr Le Drian said “the deal is not dead. There’s an American withdrawal from the deal but the deal is still there”.
He said there would be a meeting between France, Britain, Germany and Iran on Monday.
Russia said it was “deeply disappointed” by Mr Trump’s decision while China expressed regret.
But the move has been welcomed by Iran’s major regional rivals, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a prominent critic of the accord, said he “fully supports” Mr Trump’s withdrawal from a “disastrous” deal.
Courtesy: BBC
