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Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, on Sunday accused US President Donald Trump of undermining two major diplomatic agreements between the US and Iran, alleging that Washington had dismantled both the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the recently signed 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
In a series of posts on X, Moghadam said Trump had "destroyed two important achievements in the history of contemporary diplomacy" despite continuing to speak about peace. "Mr. Trump has already destroyed two important achievements in the history of contemporary diplomacy and continues to talk about peace. He destroyed the JCPOA agreement just 473 days after entering office in 2018. And now, by arbitrary interpretation and out of ill will, he has already destroyed the Islamabad MOU in less than 20 days after signing," the Iranian envoy said. In July 2015, the JCPOA was negotiated and finalised, which imposes strict, verifiable restrictions on Iran's nuclear programme in return for relief from economic sanctions. However, in 2018, the US unilaterally withdrew from the deal under the first Trump administration. Referring to the recently concluded 14-point MoU, signed last month, aimed at ending the hostilities between the two sides and opening the pathway for further negotiations, Moghadam alleged that the United States demonstrated a lack of commitment to the agreement by violating its provisions shortly after it came into effect. "The fact that the US side did not even hold off for 60 days to violate the MOU obviously indicates that, basically and principally, the US side lacked serious determination, will and intention for any deal to succeed, which in turn indicates it didn't care any for peace and stability, proven to be mere rhetoric," he wrote. The ambassador further alleged that Washington's objective was not to secure peace through negotiations but to pursue instability regardless of whether an agreement existed. "Point: there's no intention for peace or so-called DEAL; basic intention is to destabilise without deal, within deal or via deal," Moghadam added. The remarks come as tensions between Iran and the United States escalated after the collapse of the 14-point MoU, which renewed the conflict in West Asia, with the US striking Iranian military and civilian assets, and the Islamic Republic also targeting American bases across the Gulf in retaliatory strikes. (ANI)
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