Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted a “reality check” to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, after America’s new top diplomat said the U.S. was a “long way” from returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal.
Zarif took to Twitter—which is banned in Iran although senior regime figures use the social network—to warn Blinken and by extension President Joe Biden not to slip back into the “sordid mess” of Washington-Tehran relations under his predecessor Donald Trump.
“Reality check for @SecBlinken: The US violated JCPOA, blocked food/medicine to Iranians, punished adherence to UNSCR 2231,” Zarif wrote. “Throughout that sordid mess, Iran abided by JCPOA, only took foreseen remedial measures. Now, who should take 1st step? Never forget Trump’s maximum failure,” the foreign minister added.
Biden and his top foreign affairs and national security officials want to rejoin the JCPOA, which Trump left in 2018 demanding stricter limits on Iranian nuclear activity, ballistic missile research and regional use of proxy militias.
Source : News Week
