France urges Iran to reverse N-move, China hits out at US
China, like France a signatory to the 2015 deal, said it regretted Iran’s move but urged all parties to exercise restraint and said the US policy of increasing pressure on Iran was the “root cause of the current tensions”.
Iran’s announcement on Monday that it had amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under the deal was confirmed by UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which monitors Iran’s nuclear programme under the deal.
Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the move was not a violation of the accord, arguing that Iran was exercising its right to respond to the US walkout last year. Trump, asked if he had a message for Iran, said, “No message to Iran. They know what they’re doing. They know what they’re playing with, and I think they’re playing with fire. So, no message to Iran whatsoever.”
Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani accused Trump of bullying Tehran with his remark, arguing that such language would only made Iran stronger. Foreign minister Zarif reacted with exasperation to a White House accusation that Tehran had long violated the terms of the deal. “Seriously?” he said in a one-word message on Twitter, after White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said that “there is little doubt that even before the deal’s existence, Iran was violating its terms”.
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