Trump warns Iran to stick to nuclear deal
By Sara Israfilbayova
The U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would be surprised if in three months, after another verification of the deal with Iran on Tehran's nuclear program, the Iranian side adhered to the nuclear deal.
"We’ll talk about the subject in 90 days but I would be surprised if they were in compliance," Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal in response to a question whether the administration intends for the third time to confirm compliance with Iran.
"If that deal doesn’t conform to what it’s supposed to conform to, it's going to be big, big problems for them,” the Journal quotes the President’s words.
The president must certify to Congress every three months that Iran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran and six international mediators (the U.S., Russia, China, Great Britain, France and Germany) in mid-July 2015 reached an agreement on the nuclear program of Tehran. The Islamic Republic of Iran has pledged to turn the Fordo plant into a technology center, and reorganize the Arak reactor in accordance with the project of an international consortium, the spent fuel from it will be exported outside the country. Tehran also promised not to enrich uranium above 3.67 percent and limit its volume to 300 kilograms for a period of 15 years.
The agreement, negotiated between Iran and world powers, placed strict limits on Tehran’s nuclear program in return for elimination of economic sanctions.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that Iran would stop the implementation of the agreement if the U.S. prolongs sanctions against Iran.
Sanctions against Iran prohibit the export to Iran of nuclear, missile and a significant part of military products, foreign direct investment in Iran's gas, oil and petrochemical industry, exports of fine refined products, as well as any contacts with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, banks and insurance companies, financial transactions and cooperation with the Iranian navy.
Currently, presidential administration is reviewing policy on Iran, not only looking at Tehran's compliance with the nuclear deal but also its behavior in the region.
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