Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran’s nuclear deal can be restored without resorting to any kind of negotiations.
Mr Rouhani said that Iran will return to all its commitments in the deal if other signatories did the same, despite the recent downturn in the relations following the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, Al Jazeera reported.
Rouhani said United States President Donald Trump just “scribbled on a piece of paper” in May 2018, and withdrew from the nuclear deal without any consultations or negotiations.
One tear after the US pulled out of the landmark deal and imposed harsh sanctions on Iran, Tehran gradually scaled back its commitments under the deal in five steps that it said are reversible.
Rouhani said all the new advanced centrifuges that are being installed at the Natanz underground nuclear facilities can be switched off once all the signatories of the nuclear deal start fully implementing their commitments.
Earlier this week, France, Germany and the UK – together known as the E3 – issued a joint statement saying Iran’s plans for a further reduction of nuclear commitments are “deeply worrying” and go against the spirit of the accord.
