National Union for Democracy in Iran: The problem is not the JCPOA; the Iranian people are hostages
The group called the "National Union for Democracy in Iran" said on Twitter that the problem is the Islamic Republic, not the JCPOA.
In a tweet published on Tuesday, May 8, the group said that no agreement should be reached with the "repressive," "corrupt," and "warmongering" Iranian regime that "has held the Iranian people hostage."
On Tuesday, May 8, President Donald Trump officially announced in a speech that the United States would withdraw from the 2015 comprehensive nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran.
President Trump, who has been critical of the agreement since the US presidential election, openly criticized Iran's regional policies and its support for terrorism on May 8, saying that Iran's destabilizing behavior has become more severe after the nuclear deal and that the United States will not be held hostage to these issues.
While announcing Washington's withdrawal from the July 13, 2015 agreement between the six world powers, the P5+1, and Iran, he noted that the United States is negotiating with its allies to reach a new decision to prevent Iran's destructive ambitions.
President Trump had previously given the US Congress and European countries the opportunity to amend the JCPOA and had said that if the agreement was not amended, the US would withdraw from it.
The US withdrawal from the agreement will lead to the reimposition of nuclear sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, sanctions that had been lifted since July 2015.
The US President says that the Islamic Republic of Iran has not adhered to the agreement. According to a provision of Resolution 2231, which was passed by the Security Council after the nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic of Iran is prohibited from testing ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. However, Iran has conducted several ballistic missile tests in the last two years, and Iranian missiles have been seen in the hands of some terrorist and insurgent groups in the region.
Source: Voice of America
