- Title: Iranian FM Iran says U.S. arbitrary decision is 'unacceptable'
- Date: 6th September 2019
- Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 6, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIFAND INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, RETNO MARSUDI ENTERING MINISTRY'S HALL IRAN NATIONAL FLAG ZARIF AND MARSUDI POSE TO MEDIA ZARIF AND MARSUDI WALKING PASS MEDIA FOR BILATERAL TALKS VARIOUS OF ZARIF AND MARSUDI SITTING IN BILATERAL MEETING PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURE ZARIF AND MARSUDI WALKING TO PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, SAYING: "As remedies for United States withdrawal its re-imposition of illegal restriction on Iran which we call economic terrorism because they target ordinary Iranian citizens and president Trump calls them warfare, we call them terrorism because they targeted citizens, the civilians of Iran, and also the failure of the European to implement their part of the bargain." JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, SAYING: "We have said repeatedly that the minute they come back into compliance, we are prepared to reverse the measure, the temporary measures that we have taken in order to remedy the non-compliance that they've had with JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) and we'd also like our Indonesian friend call on everybody to fully implement JCPOA and security council resolution 2231 which rests on two premises Iran's nuclear program remaining peaceful and normalisation of economic relations with Iran. Unfortunately, the United States not only doesn't normalise its own economic relations with Iran, but punishes others for normalising economic relations with Iran which is totally unacceptable." INDONESIAN FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, SAYING: "We agree that Palestinians' rights need to be respected; the right to self-determination, the right to a homeland, the right to a state of their own with (Al-Qud) Al-Shareef as their capital of the common position that Iran and Indonesia have always helped and we will be continuing with those positions within the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation), within the Non-Aligned Movement and at the United Nations where we have very good cooperation with Indonesia." ZARIF AND MARSUDI LEAVING JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM VARIOUS OF INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY EXTERIOR
- Embargoed: 20th September 2019 08:52
- Keywords: Iran JCPO nuclear program sanction United States
- Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- City: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA001AVIPUFB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif met Indonesian counterpart, Retno Marsudi on Friday (September 6) during the last leg of his Asia tour in the aim to enhancing bilateral ties and support between two Muslim majority countries.
Besides the talks on bilateral ties with Indonesia delegations, Zarif also conveyed his thoughts over United States' action which he say was 'unacceptable' regarding the sanctions imposed on his country and countries that has 'economic relations' with Iran.
European leaders have struggled to dampen brewing confrontation between Tehran and Washington since U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal, which assures Iran access to world trade in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.
The United States reimposed sanctions on Iran last year and tightened them sharply this year. Iran has responded by breaching some of the limits on nuclear material in the deal and has set a deadline for Thursday to scale back its nuclear commitments further unless the Europeans keep their promises to salvage the deal.
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