European countries, which were notified by Iran of its intention to partially suspend its commitments under the nuclear deal earlier on Wednesday, will unlikely manage to convince Washington to resume the implementation of this multilateral agreement, as they lack relevant leverages, senior Russian lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov told Sputnik
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 08th May, 2019) European countries, which were notified by Iran of its intention to partially suspend its commitments under the nuclear deal earlier on Wednesday, will unlikely manage to convince Washington to resume the implementation of this multilateral agreement, as they lack relevant leverages, senior Russian lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov told Sputnik.
On Wednesday, Iran informed remaining parties to the deal France, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Russia about its decision to partially discontinue its commitments under the 2015 accord. Tehran also gave Europe 60 days to ensure Iran's interests under the agreement.
"They will hardly manage to influence [President Donald] Trump so that the United States returns to the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran, their weight classes are different," Dzhabarov, the first deputy chairman of the Russian upper house's foreign affairs committee, said.
He, however, noted that now at least a reason for negotiations with the United States on the issue emerged.
When asked whether Russia would make every effort to ensure that the nuclear deal could be revived, with both Tehran and Washington returning to its full implementation, the lawmaker reiterated that Moscow had always "opposed Iran's nuclear program."
"The nuclear deal was a brilliant option, but now the situation will be discussed," he concluded.
Dzhabarov added that the US move to quit the deal and reinstate Iran sanctions had met condemnation both from Moscow and other signatories to the accord, as well as "the entire world community."
Exactly one year ago, on May 8, 2018, Trump announced his decision to leave the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reinstate wide-ranging sanctions on Tehran, including secondary sanctions against companies and financial institutions of countries that do business with the middle Eastern country. Washington also vowed to drive Iran's oil exports down to zero and demanded that others countries stop any such purchases.
