Rouhani says Iran will remain in nuclear deal without U.S.

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Rouhani says Iran will remain in nuclear deal without U.S.

By Parisa Hafezi

 

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran would remain committed to a multinational nuclear deal despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 agreement designed to deny Tehran the ability to build nuclear weapons.

 

"If we achieve the deal's goals in cooperation with other members of the deal, it will remain in place... By exiting the deal, America has officially undermined its commitment to an international treaty," Rouhani said in a televised speech.

 

"I have ordered the foreign ministry to negotiate with the European countries, China and Russia in coming weeks. If at the end of this short period we conclude that we can fully benefit from the JCPOA with the cooperation of all countries, the deal would remain," he added.

 

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is the full name for the nuclear deal, struck in 2015 between Iran, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council - the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France - and Germany.

 

Trump's decision sets the stage for a resurgence of political infighting within Iran’s complex power structure, Iranian officials told Reuters.

 

Trump's decision to exit the deal could tip the balance of power in favour of hardliners looking to constrain Rouhani's ability to open up to the West.

 

"They will blame Rouhani ... They will continue their shenanigans at home and abroad. And they will have the U.S. to blame for the failure of the economy," said Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University.

 

Khamenei, whose hostility towards Washington is the glue that holds together Iran’s faction-ridden leadership, had said that Iran would "shred" the deal if the United States pulled out of it.

 

Rouhani warned that Iran was ready to resume its curbed nuclear activities after consultations with the other world powers which are part of the agreement.

 

Under the deal, Iran stopped producing 20 percent enriched uranium and gave up the majority of its stockpile in return for most international sanctions on it being lifted.

 

Trump's announcement was hailed by Washington's principal allies in the Middle East, Israel and Saudi Arabia, both sworn foes of Iran.

 

Trump, in a statement tougher than expected, said he would reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran immediately. His decision puts pressure on his European allies, who are key backers of the deal and reluctant to join the United States in reimposing sanctions on Iran.

 

(Additional reportin by Bozorgmehr Sharafeddin in London, Babak Dehghanpisheh in Beirut, Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Michael Georgy and Gareth Jones)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-05-09

[Get Real]

Looks like Mr. Trumps little big ego and his own believes in his power regarding this deal is overrated.
What he does means nothing, due to that Iran stays in the deal anyway.
Just another big step in the direction of the pile of total mistakes this man has been doing.

Probably the richest clown in the world.

Edited May 8, 2018 by Get Real

[Lungstib]

Another first for Trump. He is making Iran look like a country with sensible moderate politicians who take their agreements seriously. Was there any other deal in the world since WW2 that had Europe, China, Russia and the US standing together? Let's hope they keep it together without the US, it leaves Trump looking the irresponsible clown he is.

[ezzra]

16 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

Another first for Trump. He is making Iran look like a country with sensible moderate politicians who take their agreements seriously. Was there any other deal in the world since WW2 that had Europe, China, Russia and the US standing together? Let's hope they keep it together without the US, it leaves Trump looking the irresponsible clown he is.

Of course the Iranians are taking the agreement seriously, this is a bonanza for the that in 7 years they will be allowed to return to what they were

doing before and enriching uranium for 'medical purposes' and the world will have to start all over again with a new agreement of contain threats

from Iran and their now fully functional nukes thanks to Obama and their heads in the sands europeans...

 

Edited May 9, 2018 by ezzra

[keith101]

Trump will do anything to remove Obama from any deals he did and policies he made simply because of his skin color .

[Grouse]

I hope UK, France, Germany and China all sign up major deals for Iranian oil in Euro, GBP and RMB.

[Chomper Higgot]

Trump leaves the door wide open for China to claim the position of trusted international partner of choice.

 

 

[car720]

Trump is just a mouthpiece.  Look deeper into this and see who is pulling his strings.  Daily he shows himself incapable of serious thought.

[ezzra]

11 minutes ago, Grouse said:

I hope UK, France, Germany and China all sign up major deals for Iranian oil in Euro, GBP and RMB.

Oh ye of little knowledge, those carpet's merchants will honor

those contract until and when it will suits them, they're not beyond throwing

those contacts to the garbage or hold foreign workers for ransom,

who can we sure that they will do that? simply because they did it already...

 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

Oh ye of little knowledge, those carpet's merchants will honor

those contract until and when it will suits them, they're not beyond throwing

those contacts to the garbage or hold foreign workers for ransom,

who can we sure that they will do that? simply because they did it already...

 

A lot of invective wrapped up in dreamed up assertions on Iran’s future plans.

 

Let’s deal with a fact.

 

The party failing to honour a contract right now is the US.

 

 

[Thailand]

I guess the deal was not kosher enough for the Donald.

[simple1]

50 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Of course the Iranians are taking the agreement seriously, this is a bonanza for the that in 7 years they will be allowed to return to what they were doing before and enriching uranium for 'medical purposes' and the world will have to start all over again with a new agreement of contain threats from Iran and their now fully functional nukes thanks to Obama and their heads in the sands europeans...

 

Yeah, what a good idea, Trump provides justification for the Iranians to restart their nuclear weapons program now. If you're getting info from the Trump idiocracy do some research on the clauses for reviews / inspections after the seven year period to prohibit the development of nuclear weapons.

[Grouse]

11 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Oh ye of little knowledge, those carpet's merchants will honor

those contract until and when it will suits them, they're not beyond throwing

those contacts to the garbage or hold foreign workers for ransom,

who can we sure that they will do that? simply because they did it already...

 

Well, Ezzra, to be honest, I trust the Iranians rather more than the Americans these days. 

 

With a name like yours I assume you know The Book of Revelation by heart so I don't need to explain Armageddon to you (great ending ?)

Edited May 9, 2018 by Grouse

[riclag]

The ink on the declaration signed by PT today wasn't even dry yet and the all to familiar rhetoric of threats from Rouhani regime started.

"Rouhani added that Iran could resume uranium enrichment "without limit" in response to Trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal.

"I have instructed the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation to take the necessary measures for future actions so that if necessary we can resume industrial "enrichment without limit," he said on state television".

 Further proof of why PT left this deal, this nuclear poker game.So America wishes good luck to the international community, be prosperous ,stay safe.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/iran-negotiate-world-powers-nuclear-deal-place-180508190536432.html

Edited May 9, 2018 by riclag

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, riclag said:

The ink on the declaration signed by PT today wasn't even dry yet and the all to familiar rhetoric of threats from Rouhani regime started.

"Rouhani added that Iran could resume uranium enrichment "without limit" in response to Trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal.

"I have instructed the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation to take the necessary measures for future actions so that if necessary we can resume industrial "enrichment without limit," he said on state television".

 Further proof of why PT left this deal, this nuclear poker game.So America wishes good luck to the international community, be prosperous ,stay safe.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/iran-negotiate-world-powers-nuclear-deal-place-180508190536432.html

You don’t do cause and effect do you?!

[Emster23]

Iran doesn't need nukes to blow up the west. Just sit back and watch the fractures between US and Europe, etc. Trump will try to blackmail Europeans with sanctions against those who do business, as per agreement, with Iran. Hopefully the other signers of the deal will tell Trump to buzz off, he doesn't determine their foreign policy, they make a treaty and stick to it. They just want to make Europe, China and Russia great again....

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Of course the Iranians are taking the agreement seriously, this is a bonanza for the that in 7 years they will be allowed to return to what they were

doing before and enriching uranium for 'medical purposes' and the world will have to start all over again with a new agreement of contain threats

from Iran and their now fully functional nukes thanks to Obama and their heads in the sands europeans...

 

 

Gosh, we can't allow Iran to have the slightest possibility of nuclear capability. The Israelis and Saudis would be cross.

 

And why I wonder did no one object when Israel became nuclear armed?

[Baerboxer]

1 minute ago, Emster23 said:

Iran doesn't need nukes to blow up the west. Just sit back and watch the fractures between US and Europe, etc. Trump will try to blackmail Europeans with sanctions against those who do business, as per agreement, with Iran. Hopefully the other signers of the deal will tell Trump to buzz off, he doesn't determine their foreign policy, they make a treaty and stick to it. They just want to make Europe, China and Russia great again....

 

Indeed. The way he operates he will start not supporting his Europeans allies as they don't support him. Putin and Erdogan must be jumping with joy! Next he'll be threatening to pull out of NATO.

 

Make America great again - make America isolationist again! Go Trump go - literally!

[dexterm]

Iran 7,000 miles away poses no threat to USA.
Iranians are Shia Muslims whereas the 911 terrorists and those since were all Sunni, relying on funds from Saudi Arabia and UAE who are somehow regarded as Trump's friends.

 

So we have USA poking Iran from one side reimposing economic sanctions, and Israel prodding from another to goad Iran into war.
Israel has been attacking Syria regularly for the last decade. They have stepped up these attacks since February 2018, and launched another last night, killing Iranian personnel.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44046049

 

The timeline will be muddied and Iran will be blamed for any retaliation. Hostilities will escalate, and Trump and Netanyahu will claim "Now look what you made us do."

 

And American and allied forces will again be suckered into a Middle Eastern war on Israel's behalf.

[baboon]

A very shrewd move by Iran: 'Enough. Now take your toys and go and sit over there. The grown-ups are speaking.'

[lannarebirth]

2 minutes ago, baboon said:

A very shrewd move by Iran: 'Enough. Now take your toys and go and sit over there. The grown-ups are speaking.'

 

I'm sure the Europeans have "interests" to protect but I'm also fairly confident they entered into the agreement knowing the US was backstopping it. I mean, what exactly is Germany going to do if Iran doesn't adhere to its obligations under the agreement?

[Petchou]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Of course the Iranians are taking the agreement seriously, this is a bonanza for the that in 7 years they will be allowed to return to what they were

doing before and enriching uranium for 'medical purposes' and the world will have to start all over again with a new agreement of contain threats

from Iran and their now fully functional nukes thanks to Obama and their heads in the sands europeans...

 

Actually the problem reside with unfairness in dealing with the nuclear weapons in  the region.   They should  focus  on  removing the nuclear Weapons from the hands of the apartheid rogue state of Israel to  start with,  since they are the only  danger for the peace in the region. 

[baboon]

2 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

I'm sure the Europeans have "interests" to protect but I'm also fairly confident they entered into the agreement knowing the US was backstopping it. I mean, what exactly is Germany going to do if Iran doesn't adhere to its obligations under the agreement?

Cross the bridge when they come to it, I would presume. Probably little to nothing. What did they do when India and Pakistan aquired nukes? Why is Iran different? 

[mikebike]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Oh ye of little knowledge, those carpet's merchants will honor

those contract until and when it will suits them, they're not beyond throwing

those contacts to the garbage or hold foreign workers for ransom,

who can we sure that they will do that? simply because they did it already...

 

You DO get the irony of what you posted, right?

 

Hint- who is currently throwing "contracts" in the garbage and proving themselves "without honor"?

[arithai12]

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

Trump will do anything to remove Obama from any deals he did and policies he made simply because of his skin color .

Indeed, since day 1 his actions have been mostly directed at undoing anything that Obama had done, from National Parks to international treaties.

Luckily, beer existed before Obama.

 

[Grouse]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

Oh ye of little knowledge, those carpet's merchants will honor

those contract until and when it will suits them, they're not beyond throwing

those contacts to the garbage or hold foreign workers for ransom,

who can we sure that they will do that? simply because they did it already...

 

Well, Ezzra, to be honest, I trust the Iranians rather more than the Americans these days. 

[Grouse]

Frankly, I find Rouhani much better to deal with than Armoured Dinner Jacket or what ever his name was? The guy in the anurak?

[mfd101]

Usofa is becoming steadily less relevant to the rest of the world. We've already seen that with the Trans-Pacific Trade agreement - when DT pulled out, the other 11 nations decided to just keep right on without him, and when DT hinted a few weeks ago that perhaps he might like to join after all but only if the rules were changed in Usofa's favour, the 11 basically said: Get real! [Sounds a bit like the Brits & EU!]

 

In Syria it's obviously not Usofa running the show, but Turkey, Iran & Russia - who now meet regularly to coordinate matters. In fairness to DT, of course Obama's vanishing red line set this up.

 

Even on the Korean peninsula, it's Sth & Nth K that have gotten together on their own initiative, although DT's arm waving no doubt helped. His now-planned meeting with Little Kim is mostly just face-saving symbolism to begin the process of genuine peacemaking & edging Usofan troops out.

 

And close to home, all of ASEAN is increasingly sucking up to the Chinese. Usofan performance on the Sth China Sea problem has been hopeless over the last several years. The only way to get Chinese troops & missiles out now would be by open warfare, which isn't going to happen. So all the neighbours have now to live with a very large & uncomfortably bossy new neighbour ...

[dunroaming]

6 hours ago, riclag said:

The ink on the declaration signed by PT today wasn't even dry yet and the all to familiar rhetoric of threats from Rouhani regime started.

"Rouhani added that Iran could resume uranium enrichment "without limit" in response to Trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal.

"I have instructed the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation to take the necessary measures for future actions so that if necessary we can resume industrial "enrichment without limit," he said on state television".

 Further proof of why PT left this deal, this nuclear poker game.So America wishes good luck to the international community, be prosperous ,stay safe.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/iran-negotiate-world-powers-nuclear-deal-place-180508190536432.html

And from the New York Times

 

"Addressing the nation on live television after Mr. Trump’s announcement, Mr. Rouhani said Iran would take no immediate action to restart uranium enrichment and that it would negotiate with the other parties to the agreement, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia."

 

You say Potato and I say Potarto....

 

It seems to me that the world should just sideline Trump and his insanity for now and wait until he is removed and someone with something resembling a brain takes over.