Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that in an article that will be published tomorrow, Zarif explains Iran' responds and demands.
Mike Pompeo has threatened Iran with the “strongest sanctions in history” if it does not comply with a list of a dozen US demands.
Among the 12 conditions more like a declaration of war were: demand Iran to give a full account of its alleged past work on nuclear weapons development; stop all uranium enrichment; halt launches of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles; end its support for Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad; withdraw all forces under Iranian command from Syria; and end what Us calls support for Houthi in Yemen.
Pompeo said the Trump administration would not separate negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme from other issues like regional conflicts and missile development.
However, he did not make clear how the US would be able galvanise international support for isolating Iran after Trump violated the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
Iranian leaders Including Iran's president Hassan Rouhani rejected outright Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s demands and said world no longer follows Washington's lead.
“Who are you to decide for Iran and the world?” Rouhani said in an apparent rejection of a steep list of demands set forth by Pompeo . “The world today does not accept that the United States decides for the world. Countries have their independence,” he added.
Other countries also rejected these demands. “The prospect of a new jumbo Iran treaty is going to be very, very difficult,” said the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, after Pompeo’s speech.
The EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned Monday there was "no alternative" to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
US President Donald Trump sparked an international outcry earlier this month when he announced his country would pull out of the landmark accord struck in July 2015 between Tehran and major world powers.
His move came despite the fact that the UN's nuclear watchdog, in charge of monitoring Iran's compliance with the deal, has confirmed that Tehran has so far abided by the terms.
Trump wants Brussels and others to support his hardline strategy and push for a fresh agreement.
European leaders have strongly condemned the US move to abandon the deal and reimpose sanctions, seeing it as undermining regional security and a direct attack on their economic interests and political sovereignty.
Russia and China – two other parties to the agreement – have also criticized the US move and vowed to maintain trade with Iran.
