If the US undermines the 2015 nuclear deal Iran signed with six world powers, international nonproliferation efforts and Washington’s international standing would suffer, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said on Tuesday.
Ali Akbar Salehi also told an international conference in Rome on enhancing nuclear safety that Washington’s recent “delusionary negative postures do not augur well” for keeping the deal intact, AP reported.
He said Iran did not want to see the deal unravel but that “much more is at stake for the entire international community than the national interests of Iran.”
US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a speech on Iran this week in which he is expected to decline to certify Iran’s compliance with the agreement, referring it to Congress.
Salehi praised the progress that had been made since the 2015 deal, saying nonproliferation and disarmament efforts had benefited worldwide. The AEOI chief called it “simply too precious to be allowed to be undermined or weakened.”
“The failure of the nuclear deal will undermine the political credibility and international stature of the US in this tumultuous political environment,” he said.
Salehi concluded that he hoped “commonsense shall prevail.”
