The leader of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn says the 2015 Iran nuclear deal should be preserved and clear measures should be taken to keep peace in the Middle East, Iran’s ambassador to London said.
Hamid Baeidinejad said in a post on his Twitter account on Monday that in the meeting with Jeremy Corbyn, he discussed “a wide range of policy issues, including global and regional peace and security, non-proliferation and the JCPOA,” Mehr News Agency reported.
Baeidinejad said Corbyn had adopted “clear stances in favor of preserving JCPOA during the meeting.”
JCPOA is the official name of the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and six world powers, namely the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany in 2015.
Baeidinejad published photos of his meeting with Corbyn on his Twitter account, saying that “in the UK, the shadow government plays a major role in politics.”
“I thank him for his vision and commitment to promoting peace,” Baeidinejad added.
After US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the accord on May 8, the European signatories to the deal reassured Iran that they remain committed to the landmark deal that “is in the security interest of the European Union.”
Corbyn has been supportive of the nuclear deal in the past.
Corbyn has previously said that “Iran has a civil nuclear power program to which, in law, it is entitled. This has been transformed into a nuclear weapons "threat" by the very power that has its own massive capacity to destroy - the US,” according to The Independent.
He has also criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May for her weak stances against the US, urging her to stand up to "bully" Trump because of his risky policies on international trade and the Middle East.
