Iran reacts against Trump decision

“The deal is not dead”.

Under Iran’s Islamic Republic, Khamenei has the final say on all state matters. Cellphone videos also showed trucks burning and fires raging in the direction of the alleged Iranian base. He immediately responded by summoning the “Iranian nation…to be more united and resolved”. “Before the deal the world and the USA were united against Iran”.

The price of oil rose sharply on Wednesday to its highest since 2014 on expectations that the new sanctions will crimp Iranian energy exports.

“The Iranian people are exhausted from all the pressure but the new sanctions can not be worse than last time, because now the Europeans are not on America’s side and neither are the Asians”, said Mohammad Reza Behzadian, former head of Tehran’s chamber of commerce.

France’s Le Drian said Iran was honouring its commitments under the accord.

Poor Peek. His reply: “Because I think they can be sure he wants a good deal; just not a bad deal”.

Iran can “either fire missiles from where they’re deployed now”, within Syria and Lebanon, or “they can use Hezbollah to ambush our forces over the border”, Yatom said, referring to the Shia group prominent in Lebanese politics and designated by the United States and Israel as a terror group.

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Iran has no obligation to honor its commitments to the deal under the current circumstances.

In an earlier tweet Khamenei said: “I don’t trust these three European Union countries either”.

Trump and Netanyahu are betting that Iran won’t leave the deal, restart its program – without monitors watching – and touch off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

Boroujerdi said: “With America’s decision, Iran’s missile program will not change at all”.

European companies including carmaker PSA, plane manufacturer Airbus and engineering group Siemens said they were keeping a close eye on the situation.

The near-term repercussions of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal will most certainly test India’s foreign policy as well as the U.S. -India relationship. Trump pulling out of the deal will also potentially hurt the relationship with America’s allies.

Trump made a long television address on Tuesday afternoon explaining his decision to ditch the deal, which he described as “rotten and decaying”.

“If at the end of this short period we conclude that we can fully benefit from the JCPOA with the cooperation of all countries, the deal will remain”, he said.

Lawmakers held the impromptu demonstration the day after Trump’s decision.

The rial has tumbled from around 57,500 at the end of last month and 42,890 at the end of previous year – a freefall that threatens to boost inflation, hurt living standards and reduce the ability of Iranians to travel overseas.

Britain, France, and Germany had in recent weeks led a campaign to persuade Trump to stick with the deal, arguing that it was the most effective way of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

“Our governments remain committed to ensuring the agreement is upheld, and will work with all the remaining parties to the deal to ensure this remains the case”, the UK, France and Germany said in a joint statement.

Similarly, years of sanctions meant a massive parallel economy had developed, mostly controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and other powerful individuals who comprise the deep state therein.

Trump’s announcement yesterday only cemented skepticism. On a scale of one to 10, he told journalists, he rated Trump’s decision “a little bit more than 10”. Trump and hard-liners close to the president, such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton, have been fierce advocates for scrapping it.

Mr Rouhani also made a point of stressing that Iran, at any time, could resume its nuclear programme.

And he challenged Trump to come up with better “negotiated solution” to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon than the existing deal.

Johnson hit back saying, to be fair to the USA administration, “they have decided that there is another way forward“, which is just different from the UK’s view.

The U.S. says the sanctions will also sharply curtail sales of oil by Iran, which is now the world’s fifth-largest oil producer.

“I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake”, he cautioned in a statement.

In the wake of Trump’s announcement yesterday, former Obama administration officials are complaining about the harm done to USA reputation for compliance with global agreements.