British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in a special address on the UK’s foreign policy earlier this week, declared London’s belief in which the nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran to curb Tehran’s nuclear program will survive, despite the decision by the United States not to recertify the international deal. He said, “I have absolutely no doubt that with determination and with courage the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) can be preserved. This is not just because the essential deal is in the interest of Western security, though it is. But because it is profoundly in the interests of the Iranian people,” the British Foreign Secretary asserted.
Secretary Johnson underlined the significance of the nuclear agreement – termed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA – as profoundly in the interests of the Iranian people, emphasizing its role in setting the ground for the path of re-engagement between the Islamic Republic and the international community. Secretary Johnson said, “We should continue to work to demonstrate to that population in Iran, that they will be better off, that they will be better off, under this deal, and the path of re-engagement that it prescribes,” he stressed.
While European powers, together with China and Russia, continue to declare their intent of preserving the nuclear deal, regardless of US action, the Islamic Republic of Iran declared that it would stick to the agreement as long as the other signatories respect it, but would “shred” the deal if the United States would decide to pull out.