Iranian Foreign Minister U.S is in violation of nuclear deal
MUNICH, Germany, NBC News, Feb 18 2018 — ... In an interview with the NBC News, Zarif reiterated that his country would not be the first renounce the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, including the United States, even if the U.S. does.
'I believe President Trump has tried to walk away from that deal from Day 1 of his presidency, and he has done everything in bad faith to prevent Iran from enjoying the deal already,' he said.
On the presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump criticized the nuclear agreement, calling it 'the worst deal ever,' and promised to tear it up.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster at the Munich conference Saturday urged the international community not to do business with Iran because, he said, profits would go toward funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of the Iranian military.
'We believe that a large percentage of the Iranian economy is controlled by the Revolutionary Guards,' McMaster said. He also pressed action against the nation's 'network of proxies.'
'I believe President Trump has tried to walk away from that deal from Day 1 of his presidency, and he has done everything in bad faith to prevent Iran from enjoying the deal already,' he said.
On the presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump criticized the nuclear agreement, calling it 'the worst deal ever,' and promised to tear it up.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster at the Munich conference Saturday urged the international community not to do business with Iran because, he said, profits would go toward funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of the Iranian military.
'We believe that a large percentage of the Iranian economy is controlled by the Revolutionary Guards,' McMaster said. He also pressed action against the nation's 'network of proxies.'
“So the time is now, we think, to act against Iran,' McMaster said.
Zarif Sunday called the comments a 'violation of the deal,' adding 'that doesn't mean the deal is broken. The deal is standing because the deal is supported by the international community....'
Since coming to power, the president has extended key waivers that were lifted under the agreement, while also continuing to oppose the deal. He has also said he would work with European allies to remove so-called 'sunset clauses' that allow Iran to gradually resume advanced nuclear activities in the next decade.
Trump has also supported targeted sanctions for human rights abuses and ballistic missile development. The Treasury Department's action hits 14 Iranian officials and companies and businessmen from Iran, China and Malaysia, freezing any assets they have in the U.S. and banning Americans from doing business with them.
Israel is also sharply critical of the agreement, as is Saudi Arabia's government. Both see Iran as a major regional threat.
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