Corbyn: Re-imposing sanctions on Iran not good idea

In an exclusive interview with IRNA in London, Corbyn stressed that he was against any new sanctions on Iran rather he argued that relations with Iran should be built so that a meaningful ceasefire could be achieved in Syria.

The following is an excerpt of the interview:

Q. US has imposed new sanctions on Iran due to Iranian recent missile test, what is your opinion on this?
A. As one who has visited Iran as part of a delegation and sought to build better relations with Iran, I think re-imposing sanctions is not a good idea; what I want to see is building relations with Iran because we need to build those relations across the whole Middle East so that we can get a meaningful ceasefire in Syria and start a peace process.

Q. Do you think British government will support JCPOA if Donald trump goes against it?
A. I don’t know what’s going to happen on that, but I do think that the issue of relations with Iran was one of the great achievements of the Obama administration.
I think the whole world recognizes the efforts that Barak Obama put into achieving that and I think we should welcome it.

Q. What is your opinion about US executive order on Muslim countries?
A. I think the ban on people travelling from the seven predominantly Muslim countries is wrong. Also his approach to the 1951 Geneva Convention on refugees as well as his approach to the UN convention on torture is wrong.
International law is there for a purpose and those two conventions have been ratified by the US Senate, therefore they are in American law and its up to us as a friend of the US to say to them we have to work together to uphold international law not undermine it.

Q. Will you still invite Donald Trump to Mosque in London?
A. I made a point earlier on, that drinking tea together is rather better than building walls to separate each other. Mosques are keen to welcome everybody. Muslims have big hearts and I do hope he begin to understand we live in one world. The mosque is a vital part of our community. They help the community; they raise money for refugees; they help to feed the homeless; they often provide a meeting space for anyone who needs it.
Above all they help to build bridges between all of our faiths and all of our communities and I am very proud of that.

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