Alwaght- Extension of the 10-year anti-Iran sanctions by the US will represent a definite breach of the nuclear deal between Tehran and the western powers, also known as JCPOA, Iranian Supreme Leader warned on Wednesday.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned that Iran will react if the US anti-Iran sanctions are extended for another 10 years as it constitutes a breach of the nuclear deal.
Speaking to a gathering of Iranian popular Basij forces, he said "If such extension (of anti-Iran sanctions) is implemented and comes into force (in the US), it will be definitely a violation of the JCPOA."
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is a nuclear agreement between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) that puts Iranian nuclear program under supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency in exchange for elimination of sanctions against Iran.
“They (Americans) should know that the Islamic Republic of Iran will certainly show reaction to it," Iranian Supreme Leader Warned.
The comments came after the US lawmakers passed a bill on November 15, renewing sanctions on Iran for 10 years. The House of Representatives voted 419 to one for a 10-year reauthorization of the Iran Sanctions Act, or ISA, a law first adopted in 1996 to punish investments in Iran’s energy industry.
Elsewhere in the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei decried the US government for employing the JCPOA as a tool to mount pressure on the Iranian nation.
According to the Iranian officials and those involved in the nuclear negotiations, the JCPOA was supposed to lift pressures and sanctions on Iran, the Leader noted.
Apart from the US government’s failure to meet commitments under the JCPOA or its incomplete fulfilment of the undertakings –as affirmed by the officials engaged in the JCPOA talks– Washington has now turned the nuclear deal into a tool for exerting pressure on Iran again, the Leader deplored.
However, Ayatollah Khamenei underscored, the Islamic Republic is not afraid of any force in the world as it relies on God’s power and popular support.
As regards the results of the recent presidential elections in the US, the Leader said it is still early for making a judgement about the next US administration, but hammered the Obama administration for reneging on its promises.
“The incumbent (US) administration’s actions are contrary to what it has undertaken under the JCPOA and to the joint decisions, which had been presented to us by the (Iranian) officials at that time, and it (the US) has committed multiple violations,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.
