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Iran's Zarif Gives Antony Blinken 'Reality Check,' Warns U.S. to Remember Trump 'Failure'
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted a "reality check" to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, after America's new top diplomat said the U.S. was a "long way" from returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal.
Zarif took to Twitter—which is banned in Iran although senior regime figures use the social network—to warn Blinken and by extension President Joe Biden not to slip back into the "sordid mess" of Washington-Tehran relations under his predecessor Donald Trump.
"Reality check for @SecBlinken: The US violated JCPOA, blocked food/medicine to Iranians, punished adherence to UNSCR 2231," Zarif wrote. "Throughout that sordid mess, Iran abided by JCPOA, only took foreseen remedial measures. Now, who should take 1st step? Never forget Trump's maximum failure," the foreign minister added.
Biden and his top foreign affairs and national security officials want to rejoin the JCPOA, which Trump left in 2018 demanding stricter limits on Iranian nuclear activity, ballistic missile research and regional use of proxy militias.
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Since Trump's withdrawal, Tehran has fully ended compliance with the accord, citing American sanctions and the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani. Iran has now grown its stockpile of enriched uranium, expanded its production capabilities and is enriching uranium to 20 percent—a short technical step from 90 percent weapons-grade material.
The Biden administration has demanded that Tehran return to full compliance with the deal before the U.S. does the same. But Iranian officials have argued that Trump's withdrawal and subsequent "maximum pressure" economic campaign mean it is the president's responsibility to lift the crippling sanctions before Iran scales back its nuclear activities.
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Iran's Zarif Gives Antony Blinken 'Reality Check,' Warns U.S. to Remember Trump 'Failure'
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted a "reality check" to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, after America's new top diplomat said the U.S. was a "long way" from returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal.
Zarif took to Twitter—which is banned in Iran although senior regime figures use the social network—to warn Blinken and by extension President Joe Biden not to slip back into the "sordid mess" of Washington-Tehran relations under his predecessor Donald Trump.
"Reality check for @SecBlinken: The US violated JCPOA, blocked food/medicine to Iranians, punished adherence to UNSCR 2231," Zarif wrote. "Throughout that sordid mess, Iran abided by JCPOA, only took foreseen remedial measures. Now, who should take 1st step? Never forget Trump's maximum failure," the foreign minister added.
Biden and his top foreign affairs and national security officials want to rejoin the JCPOA, which Trump left in 2018 demanding stricter limits on Iranian nuclear activity, ballistic missile research and regional use of proxy militias.
Newsweek subscription offers >
Since Trump's withdrawal, Tehran has fully ended compliance with the accord, citing American sanctions and the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani. Iran has now grown its stockpile of enriched uranium, expanded its production capabilities and is enriching uranium to 20 percent—a short technical step from 90 percent weapons-grade material.
The Biden administration has demanded that Tehran return to full compliance with the deal before the U.S. does the same. But Iranian officials have argued that Trump's withdrawal and subsequent "maximum pressure" economic campaign mean it is the president's responsibility to lift the crippling sanctions before Iran scales back its nuclear activities.
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