Leader: Iran to torch JCPOA if US tears it out

Tehran, June 14, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned the presidential nominees of the US to be careful about what they say, and said that Iran will torch the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) if they tear it out.

‘We do not violate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, but if the opposite side violates it as the US presidential candidates are threatening to rip it apart, we will burn it if they tear it out,’ Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with the heads of the three branches of power, high-ranking officials and different government bodies and armed forces on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan here in Tehran on Tuesday.

Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks came in reaction to the threats by some US presidential hopefuls to scrap last year’s nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), between Iran and the G5+1 group of countries, saying the Islamic Republic will strongly respond to any such move.

“I have repeatedly reiterated that the country must grow in power and that we must promote our potentialities,” the Supreme Leader pointed out.

‘It is only then that Iranian officials can expect the nation to have peace of mind,’ he added.

By IRNA

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