Iran Press/Iran news: “This path will be continued within the framework of paragraphs 26 and 36 of the JCPOA,” Ali Shamkhani said on Wednesday in a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron's top diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne in Tehran.
“Given that Europe didn’t use Iran’s one-year opportunity while Tehran was unilaterally fulfilling its obligations, our country’s firm decision is to implement its commitments to the same extent that the other parties do. Time for unilateral fulfillment is over,” he said according to Iran Press.
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said that gradual cuts on JCPOA will continue, according to paragraphs 26 and 36 of the deal, as far as Iran's legal demands are met.
“Today, America is holding EU’s independence hostage. European countries require to stand against US unilateralism in a bid to defend their identity and independence,” said the Iranian official.
“Iran has proven in practice that has the capacity to manage various tensions and challenges in economic, political and defensive aspects and that it’s not possible to talk to such a country with language of force,” Shamkhani said.
“I’m not here as a mediator and don’t carry any message from the US for Iran,” Bonne told Shamkhani.
He mentioned that Iran’s influence and position in regional and international developments has leveled up during past 20 years despite 40 years of the pressures and sanctions. Bonne stressed that Macron is seeking new initiatives for a ceasefire in the US “economic war” against Iran and believes that it will lower the growing tensions in the region.
The French official emphasized that Paris is interested in continued talks and cooperation with Iran to manage the crisis in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon given Iran’s irrefutable influence in the region. 101
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