Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that US and Israeli demands for zero enrichment of uranium by his country would backfire and actually prompt Iran to accelerate its enrichment.
“[US National Security Adviser John] Bolton & [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu killed Paris agreement between E3 & Iran in '05 by insisting on zero enrichment. Result? Iran increased its enrichment 100 fold by 2012,” he tweeted.
“Now they've lured Donald Trump into killing JCPOA w/ the same delusion. #B_Team hasn't learned. BUT THE WORLD SHOULD,” added Zarif, who used the acronym for the official name of the 2015 nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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