TEHRAN, 5 March, 2021 (TON): Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister restated that the nuclear deal 2015 is not renegotiable.

On Thursday, in a series of tweets on Twitter the minister said, JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) cannot be renegotiable.

He said, "If 2021 is not 2015, it's not 1945 either. So let's change UN Charter and remove the veto so often abused by the U.S.

"Let's stop posturing, which we both did 2003-2012 to no avail, and get down to implementing JCPOA which we both actually signed on to."

The remarks followed Wendy Sherman nominee for Deputy Secretary of State’s call for a new and stronger deal with the West Asian country.

On Tuesday while speaking to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the "JCPOA is by no means renegotiable, and the only way to protect and revive it is to remove sanctions by the US".

He said, Iran’s gradual withdrawal of the nuclear obligation is because U.S.’s 2018 retreat from the JCPOA and also due to the U.K., France, and Germany’s inability to fulfill their nuclear commitments.  

In December last year, Iran’s parliament passed a law of Iran's Strategic Action Plan to Counter Sanctions" that is to lessen the 2015 nuclear deal obligations further, unless the U.S. lifts sanctions against Iran.