Iran Expects EU to Offer Its Plan to Save JCPOA by End of June

“If the European Union and other countries supporting the JCPOA do not demonstrate their practical opposition to the US policies in due time, they will face a dreadful future and unprecedented insecurity in the region and the world because of the JCPOA’s collapse,” the AEOI chief said.

Araqchi further said that the nuclear accord is not in a normal state due to the US pullout from it.

Iran and the remaining signatories to the deal are seeking to keep it alive; however, Tehran would return to pre-JCPOA conditions if such efforts failed, he pointed out.

He noted that Iran had held intensive talks with the European signatories as well as China and Russia over the recent weeks at different levels.

“We have clearly announced that Iran has not made a decision yet to stay in the JCPOA or leave it, and our decision hinges on the opposite sides’ will and capabilities to fulfill our demands,” Araqchi added.

“We will make decisions based on national interests and will take the next steps on whether to remain in the JCPOA or not based on our national interests,” he said.

The Iranian negotiator emphasized that the Islamic Republic was ready for “any condition or scenario.”

In a phone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on June 12, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic Republic would quit the multilateral nuclear agreement if it did not benefit from the deal after the US pullout.

“If Iran cannot enjoy the agreement’s benefits, it will be practically impossible to stay in it,” Rouhani said.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani also said on June 10 that the Islamic Republic would not wait for Europe’s dateless promises, urging European countries to “explicitly and swiftly” announce their decisions about the JCPOA after the US pullout.