Iran Press/Iran News: Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that the European Union has been backing the nuclear deal politically but what is of utmost importance is “practical action” by the bloc to keep the 2015 nuclear deal going. Officially, the nuclear deal is referred to as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Larijani made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran with French Senator Philippe Bonnecarrere, who heads the France-Iran friendship group in the upper house of the French parliament.
The parliament speaker said Iran has been committed to its obligations and Europe must take practical steps to preserve the JCPOA.
Larijani also said the presence of the terror group, Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), on French soil has been problematic and has caused a “negative mentality” of the French among Iranians.
Senator Bonnecarrere claimed the French government does not support the MKO, even though the group is based in France.
The MKO, who sided with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s war against Iran in the 1980s, was removed from the list of terrorist organizations by the European Union and the United States in 2009 and 2012 respectively.
France hosts annual gathering of the MKO terror group -- a terrorist organization which many regard as a deviant cult. Maryam Rajavi, who does not tolerate any criticisms of her absolute leadership of the cult, tries to portray herself as an opposition figure outside Iran, even though the MKO has terrorized both the Iranian and Iraqi peoples over a period of many decades.
Senator Bonnecarrere assured his Iranian host that France will do everything it can to preserve the JCPOA.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s approach towards the JCPOA has projected a good image of the country in the international arena and France will use all means at its disposal to keep the agreement,” he said.
Bonnecarrere added that France is determined to expand its ties and interaction with Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the nuclear agreement in May and reintroduced sanctions on Iran in August. The second wave of sanctions, which targets Iran’s oil exports and central bank, is due to start in early November.
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