US ‘Cannot Expect to Stay Safe’ After Launching Economic War – Iranian FM Zarif

• US ‘Cannot Expect to Stay Safe’ After Launching Economic War – Iranian FM Zarif
  by https://www.rt.com/
  Amid rising tensions with Washington, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warned the US that their “economic war” will not end in their favor, as talks with Europe on a nuclear deal continue.
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  With Washington’s economic pressure on Iran mounting, the Islamic Republic’s outspoken foreign minister warned on Monday that the US “cannot expect to stay safe” as a consequence of their actions. Zarif also directly faulted President Trump in the matter:
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  Mr. Trump himself has announced that the US has launched an economic war against Iran. The only solution for reducing tensions in this region is stopping that economic war.
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  The current fallout between Washington and Tehran is largely a repercussion of Trump’s decision last year to unilaterally pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, which was signed by his predecessor Barack Obama in 2015, alongside China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and Germany.
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