Iran urges US to end its ‘abject unilateralism'

Iran says the United States must stop seeking to secure its short-term interests at the cost of other nations' long-term prosperity.

“The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is neither the first nor the last of the multilateral achievements Trump withdrew from,” said Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi in a tweet on Friday.

"The US regime has sought to secure its short-term interests at the cost of nations' long-term prosperity,” Mousavi added.

“The regime must END its abject unilateralism,” he said, adding that the “irresponsible” US can never be trusted.

 ‘US seeking to increase pressure on Iran by returning to JCPOA'

Meanwhile, a former Iranian diplomat believes the US bid to “return" to the JCPOA is part of a wider plot to extend its pressure on the Islamic Republic after the failure of its “maximum pressure" policy.

Abolfazl Zohrehvand, a former Iranian ambassador to Italy and Afghanistan, says the US' withdrawal from the nuclear deal caused troubles for them despite their earlier assumption.

"Now the Americans seek to re-enter the JCPOA to create a fresh round of pressure, and are in fact seeking to use the JCPOA capacities to further arms sanctions on the Islamic Republic,” he said in a Friday radio interview.

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