Iran: Europe must guarantee nuclear deal will be upheld

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh calls on European countries to guarantee an existing nuclear deal that the parties are set to revisit during a planned resumption of talks in Vienna.

Iran: Europe must guarantee nuclear deal will be upheld
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, left, is accompanied by chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami during a visit to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. (Iranian Presidency via AFP)

"The European capitals, including Berlin, have been passive spectators," foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters.
"We therefore expect all parties, when they arrive in Vienna, to know that they have no choice but to adhere to their obligations under the nuclear deal," he said during his weekly news conference.
"They must give their clear assurance to the Islamic republic that this time, no party will violate the nuclear deal," he continued.
The deal was concluded in 2015 with the US, UK, China, Russia, France and Germany. But the US unilaterally pulled out of the deal under Donald Trump and reimposed sanctions. Talks got underway in Vienna in April to revive the deal.