At first Obama and his government started to violate JCPOA: Hamid reza Asefi
Tehran (KNA): We had an exclusive interview with Dr Hamid reza Asefi, former spokesman of Iran's ministry of foreign affairs, about JCPOA and its future after recent violation by Trump and his government.
Hamid Reza Asefi, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in an exclusive interview with Khabar Fori explained his opinion about the future of nuclear treaty, according to recent decisions of Donald Trump.
"I have talked about JCPOA very much and I have always emphasized that reaching to an agreement is easier than securing that agreement." Asefi asserted.
"JCPOA was confirmed because the United States needed Iran, and Iran also needed the United States. But after a while with changing the US government , Trump started to violate the agreement, because he believed that he is able to recieve more advantage by violating JCPOA" he said.
The former ambassador of Iran in France, points out that withdrawing from nuclear agreement by the US does not make sense.
"For Trump, the best action and decision is to weaken the nuclear agreement by compeling European countries not to support JCPOA" .
"Unfortunately, the United States started to violate the nuclear agreement before Trump's government and in the time of Obama, but the violations and actions against the agreement have been increased at the time of Trump by making European companies and banks not to have ties with Iran," he said.
"Large companies are afraid to make comercial and economic relation with Iran at the present time and in this situation and this is not acceptable." Asifi continued.
Referring to the proper reaction of Iranian authorities to the action of the US and the violations , Asefi said: "The recent statements by Americans show that the United States can not continue his way to neglect JCPOA. Hence, what Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States , has argued about the withdrawing from JCPOA is not very serious"
.The former ambassador of Iran in Dubai stated at the end of the interview that the firm and suitable policy by our country's officials may provoke Trump and his friends to think more about the consequences of their actions and change their decision.