(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has reiterated the Islamic Republic's commitment to its 2015 nuclear deal with the six world powers, yet vowing "proper response" in case the other parties fail to live up to their end of the deal, Press TV reported.
Speaking to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's special envoy, Masahiko Komura, in Tehran on Wednesday, Rouhani thanked Japan for the role it played in the marathon talks that preceded the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
'Today, after the successful negotiations and the JCPOA's implementation, we should not allow the deal to be undermined and the parties to infringe on their commitments,' Rouhani said.
The JCPOA was inked between Iran and the P5+1 countries — namely the US, Russia, China, France, and Britain plus Germany — in July 2015 and took effect in January 2016.
Noting that the US has not been fully committed to the deal's provisions, Rouhani warned, 'Iran will never take the first step in breaching the agreement but would give a proper response to any violation by the other parties.'
Delivering the Japanese PM's written message to Rouhani, Komura said that all signatories to the nuclear agreement had to respect it.
'Iran has always played a constructive role in maintaining peace and stability in the region, and we believe all sides have to live up to their commitments under the deal,' said the Japanese politician.
US President Donald Trump, who had made no secret of opposing the deal in his election campaign, has threatened to 'tear up' the agreement, calling it 'the worst deal ever negotiated.'
Last week, the Trump administration sent its UN envoy Nikki Haley to Vienna, Austria, to lobby with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to request access to Iranian military sites as part of what Washington claimed was the deal's implementation.
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