„Iran will remain in the deal despite the will of America.“<\/b>
\nIranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that Iran would remain a part of the Iran nuclear agreement as long as its interests were protected, according to Reuters.
\u201cIf the remaining five countries continue to abide by the agreement, Iran will remain in the deal despite the will of America,\u201d Rouhani said during a speech on state television, calling President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to pull the U. S. out of the agreement a \u201cviolation of morals.\u201d
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif kicked off a tour of other countries involved in the agreement with a visit to China on Saturday, noting that the tour was meant to reassure other signatory countries and discuss ways to restructure the deal .
\u201cWe hope that with this visit to China and other countries we will be able to construct a clear future design for the comprehensive agreement,\u201d Zarif said in Beijing on Sunday.
China\u2019s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China would take \u201can objective, fair, and responsible attitude to continue to safeguard the\u2026 agreement.\u201d
Rouhani\u2019s statement comes just after President Trump elected to withdraw the U. S. from the Obama-era deal and begin re-imposing what he called the \u201chighest level\u201d of economic sanctions on Iran.
European allies like French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister Theresa May have been heavily critical of Trump\u2019s decision to pull out of the agreement and have said that the U. S. leaving the deal does not mean their respective countries would do so.
\u201cOur governments remain committed to ensuring the agreement is upheld, and will work with all the remaining parties to the deal to ensure this remains the case including through ensuring the continuing economic benefits to the Iranian people that are linked to the agreement,\u201d they said in a joint statement released just after Trump announced his decision.
\u201cThere must be no doubt: Iran\u2019s nuclear program must always remain peaceful and civilian,\u201d the statement continued.
It is not clear how the U. S. removal from the deal will affect President Trump\u2019s upcoming meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The two are set to discuss demilitarizing the Korean peninsula on June 12 in Singapore.
Kelcey Caulder is a News Fellow at IJR. Previously, she worked with the web team at the Los Angeles Times and led the Student Press Law Center\u2019s campa… more<\/p>\n

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