Tabnak – Although the recently published document of Donald Trump administration’s new Iran policy contains a strong willingness to put aside the nuclear deal, other major powers involved in the deal are strongly declaring their commitment to the deal.
According to Press TV, the EU, Russia and China have called on the US to maintain its commitment to the Iranian nuclear deal, which President Donald Trump is expected to declare no longer in America's interest.
"We believe this deal is important to ensuring the international nuclear nonproliferation regime and regional peace and stability. We hope all parties can continue to preserve and implement this deal," China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Friday.
Meanwhile, EU foreign policy director Federica Mogherini and German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel held phone talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying Europe will respect its side of the deal as long as Tehran honors its obligations.
Gabriel also said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s reported plans to "decertify” the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is alienating Washington’s European allies, pushing them towards Russia and China.
"It’s imperative that Europe sticks together on this issue,” Gabriel, a Social Democrat, told the RND German newspaper group. "We also have to tell the Americans that their behavior on the Iran issue will drive us Europeans into a common position with Russia and China against the USA.”
In the same vein and on Friday, the Kremlin warned the United States that any move to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries will deal a heavy blow to international security and non-proliferation efforts.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said any US measure against the nuclear deal would have "very negative consequences.” According to him, "This could seriously aggravate the situation around the Iranian nuclear dossier.”
On the other hand, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country would remain fully committed to the JCPOA. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held a telephone conversation before Trump’s speech.
It added that the Russian foreign minister expressed his country’s firm determination to implement the JCPOA in the form in which it was approved by the United Nations Security Council.
It should be noted that according to the latest reports, Trump will go ahead tonight and "decertify the deal,” but will shy away from his toughest threat of killing the agreement.
Besides the "decertification” of Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA, Trump is also reportedly expected to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). The US officials however said Trump will stop short of blacklisting the IRGC, but will rather levy limited sanctions.
