British ex-diplomat: There is no scope to reopen JCPOA

Speaking to IRNA, he highlighted that British officials as well as Europeans have said firmly to the USA not to kill the JCPOA. On assessing the JCPOA, he emphasized that it is extremely important, although in his view it is not perfect and as he argues in any negotiation, neither of two sides could be one hundred percent satisfied, as there are always compromises.
He said that he regrets that the economic aspect of the deal had not worked for Iran as expected because of American unilateral sanctions, as multilateral ones were suspended. He said that there is a debate on what happens when the previsions of JPCOA expires, but top priority is to make the agreement works.
On Donald Trump’s stance on JCPOA, he asserted that Trump has a different view from other signatories of the deal, but there is no scope to reopen the agreement and the agreement is there to be implemented. He mentioned that there are however things that can be done about the ballistic missiles, so-called support for terrorist groups or what are called ‘sunset clauses’ in the agreement.
He said that while different people say different things about the agreement but the UK Government and individuals like him believe that Iran has complied with the JCPOA and IAEA is also satisfied. He asserted that in his view President Trump has not killed the agreement, has not given up on it, he has not destroyed it, but has put some challenges for the Congress and to the other signatories of the agreement.
Asked whether the United Kingdom follows US in case that they break the agreement, he answered by saying that although he cannot talk for the UK government but believes that the UK has to do what they can for JCPOA to survive. He also accepted that the Trump administration had not been successful in building up a consensus among all parties in order to break the deal, and in fact there is no such consensus in the Congress as well. He also said that in his view there is not much appetite in the Congress that JPCOA should be killed.
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