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Iran Pullout Will Follow Europe’s Failure to Uphold JCPOA

Iran Pullout Will Follow Europe’s Failure to Uphold JCPOA
Iran Pullout Will Follow Europe’s Failure to Uphold JCPOA

Europe’s failure to fulfill its commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement will leave Iran with no choice but to abandon the deal, a foreign relations expert said. 
“If Europeans, like Americans, refuse to carry out their obligations under JCPOA [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or the official name of Iran's nuclear deal] and Iran cannot enjoy the economic benefits it seeks, there remains no option for it but to exit the accord,” Mohammad Baqer Khorramshad, secretary of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with Mehr News Agency. 
The nuclear agreement reached between Iran and major world powers in 2015 was unilaterally scrapped in May by US President Donald Trump who immediately reimposed the sanctions lifted under the deal. 

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