FM official stresses JCPOA role in enhancing Iran’s foreign policy worldwide

Addressing a press briefing on Sunday, he said the signing of the nuclear deal erased the wrong image the US and other enemies of the Islamic Republic tried to depict of Iran by misintroducing its peaceful nuclear program as a threat to international peace.

They used to say Iran was after developing nuclear arms and made a fuss about it but the JCPOA stopped all that, the official added.

Araqchi further said that even the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has annulled the resolutions it had adopted against Iran because of the JCPOA implementation.

Moreover, he said, claims on the possible military dimension (PMS) of Iran’s nuclear program have been totally withdrawn now with the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) having issued a resolution in defense of Iran to clarify it from all accusations.

Referring to the numerous visits of high-profile foreign officials and figures to Iran after the JCPOA, he said the latest UNSC resolution on Syria too echoes a different tone regarding Iran’s role.

The same body which in pre-JCPOA times used to call Iran a threat to international peace and security is now highlighting Iran’s role in Syria as a move which many experts formerly believed as an impossible attitude, he said.

Araqchi noted that the latest UNSC resolution legitimizes Iran’s role in Syria as a country which is working to peacefully settle the international crisis in the country.

He said that the Iranian nuclear program is in place today and has changed from a forbidden project for the international community into a totally legal and legitimate one.

Though the UNSC used to urge world countries to take every possible measure to hinder Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities, it is now recommending them to engage with Iran’s nuclear programs which are for peaceful purposes, the foreign ministry deputy added.

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