US president-elect unable to throw JCPOA away: Pundit
While US president-elect, Donald Trump, has bashed the Obama administration for signing a nuclear agreement with Iran, there are speculations that the United States as a member of the P5+1 group is expected to fulfill its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Foad Izadi, a professor at the University of Tehran, said Trump will not be able to rip the JCPOA to shreds but he will push for violating the US commitments under the accord.
“I don’t think that Donald Trump is going to violate the JCPOA in terms of just throwing it away,” Izadi said, noting, “He (Trump) is going to violate it by not fulfilling the obligations of the United States.”
The academic argued, “A portion of the rhetoric [against the JCPOA] that you heard from Donald Trump was because he was running for president” but he is expected to continue the Obama administration’s sanctions policy against Iran.
“No matter what type of agreement Obama got from Iran, he (Trump) would not like the agreement, he would say it’s a disaster, but now he’s going to become president, he’s going to realize that the agreement is actually good for the United States,” he noted.
On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the results of the US presidential election will have no impact on the implementation of the JCPOA, because it is not a deal with a single country or a single government, but the P5+1 group - the US, the UK, Russia, China, and France plus Germany – have been involved in finalizing the agreement.
Izadi, However, stated, “With regard to Dr. Rouhani’s comments, it is true that this agreement is between Iran and the P5+1, not just the United States, but historically we have seen the US government causing difficulties when Iran is trying to implement international agreements or join international organizations; so, I think, what is actually happening is that we are going to see worsening of relationship between Iran and the United States.”
The JCPOA, which took effect in January, ended nuclear-related sanctions against Iran in exchange for restrictions on the country's nuclear program. However, months into the agreement’s implementation, Iran complains that the United States has not complied with its commitments under the accord.
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