US must fix deviations from JCPOA: Iran

Iran criticizes measures approved by the US House of Representatives to block the sale of Boeing aircraft to Tehran, saying Washington is duty-bound to put right all measures that are inconsistent with last year’s nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and six global powers.

“What is important to the Islamic Republic of Iran is the opposite side’s commitment to its obligations [under the nuclear agreement], and we have nothing to do with the US domestic issues,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Friday.

He went on to say that the Islamic Republic “regards the US government responsible for Washington's fulfillment of its commitments.”

“Sensitivities and inter-party blackmailing in the US on the verge of the country's presidential election are understandable,” he added.

The Iranian spokesperson emphasized that the irreversible outcomes of such differences among US parties and the lack of commitment to JCPOA obligations would backfire on themselves.

The Republican-weighted US House of Representatives on Thursday voted by voice to pass two amendments to a financial services spending bill aimed at barring Chicago-based Boeing from selling commercial passenger aircraft to Tehran.

The move came just a month after Boeing and Iran’s national airline Iran Air reached a $25 billion agreement. According to the deal, a total of 80 aircraft will be sold and a further 29 will be leased with Boeing's support.

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