Iran won’t negotiate nuclear deal under pressure, threat

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani emphasized that American officials are well aware that Iran will neither negotiate nor make concessions "under pressure and threats".

As the Iranian ISNA reported, while speaking at a weekly press conference on December 4, Kanaani referred to the nuclear deal (formally called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) revival talks, saying, that “the contradiction in behavior and speech of the western parties of the JCPOA, especially the Americans, is not a new thing”.

“The American officials well know that Iran will neither negotiate nor make concessions under pressure and threats. Iran has been committed to the JCPOA and fulfilled its commitments under the deal. The need for the JCPOA is not Iran's unilateral need”, he added.

Pointing to the issues discussed between Iran and Iraq during the recent visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani's visit to Tehran, Kanaani said, that “Tehran attaches great importance to the issue of border security and in this meeting, the Iraqi government promised to implement some commitments regarding security issues”.

The spokesperson stated, that the Iraqi government is determined to deploy forces to the Iran-Iraq border, especially along Iran's border with the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

He also commented on, as referred by him, "illegal and interventionist moves" of some Western governments against Iran under the pretext of internal developments in the country.

“Any misuse of Iran's internal developments to exert political pressure against our country is condemned and unacceptable,” Kanaani stressed.