UN chief warns against scrapping landmark Iran nuclear deal

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has praised the Iran nuclear deal as “an important diplomatic victory” and warned against destroying the seven-party agreement without any “alternative.”

According to Press TV, in an interview on Thursday, the UN chief said, “I believe the JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal) was an important diplomatic victory and I think it will be important to preserve it.”

“If one day there is a better agreement to replace it, it is fine, but we should not scrap it unless we have a good alternative," Guterres said

The UN chief underlined the need for “a meaningful dialog” with regard to some countries’ concerns about Iran’s role in the region, but noted that the issue must be viewed separately from Tehran’s nuclear deal.

“I understand the concerns of some countries in relation to the Iranian influence in other countries of the region. So I think we should separate things,” he said.

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