Alwaght- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will stay in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal in remarks shortly after US President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the landmark agreement.
Rouhani reiterated that Iran has always complied with its commitments to the JCPOA, while the US has never complied with its requirements.
While stressing that Trumps decision was a historical experience for Iran, Rouhani noted that the US president has a history of undermining international treaties. Rouhani also noted that Iran would remain in the nuclear deal without the US' presence.
Rouhani added that he has ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to be prepared for resuming nuclear enrichment at the industrial level.
"I have ordered AEOI to go ahead with adequate preparations to resume enrichment at the industrial level without any limit," he said.
He further added that from now on everything depends on Iran's national interests.
"Trump's decision was the beginning of a psychological war against Iran, our heroic people will not be affected by this psychological attack," said Rouhani.
Rouhani also noted that from now on the JCPOA is between Iran and the five remaining countries.
He further noted that the Iranian Foreign Ministry would be negotiating with European countries, Russia, and China in the coming weeks.
Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – the US, France, Britain, Russia and China – plus Germany signed the JCPOA on July 14, 2015, and started implementing it on January 16, 2016.
Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against it.
Trump has described the deal, which was negotiated under his predecessor, Barack Obama, as “the worst and most one-sided transaction Washington has ever entered into,” a characterization he often used during his presidential campaign, and threatened to tear it up.
The European Union, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany have expressed regret over Trump's decision about the deal.
