INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), made the remarks in a meeting with Josep Borrell, the
merely a legal and rational reaction to United States unilateralism and Europe's inaction and will continue as long as the West's
illegitimate withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Shamkhani added.One
year after former United States president Donald Trump order United States withdrawal from the JCPOA Iran remained fully loyal to the
However, since the European parties to the pact failed to compensate Iran for the sanctions Iran started to gradually lift bans on its
nuclear activities.Under the JCPOA, Iran agreed to put limits on its nuclear activities in exchange for termination of economic and
talks were only intended to lift illegal sanctions so that Iran could fully reap the economic benefits of the JCPOA."Iran does not favor an
agreement that fails to meet the two above-mentioned principles in securing a reliable guarantee from the United States and Europe," he
pointed out.He underscored that the contradictory conducts of the United States and its continued use of threats and sanctions prevented
the Vienna participants from reaching a final consensus on restoration the JCPOA.The participants in the Vienna talks, which started in
Iran did not negotiate with the United States directly during the Vienna talks
Trump himself called sanctions against Iran the strongest in history.For his part, the senior EU diplomat said a resurrection of the JCPOA
withdrawing the United States from the multilateral agreement and asserted that in order to establish a favorable final accord, all parties
to the JCPOA must look to the future.He noted that the Joe Biden administration is eager to negotiate a deal to restore the JCPOA, citing
his conversations with United States officials before departing for Tehran.Before his travel to Tehran late on Friday, Borrell and his
