Zarif Urges Washington to Return to JCPOA

By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday called on the United States to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA], stressing that the US sanctions against Tehran have exposed Washington's policy failure.

In message posted to social media Friday evening, Zarif referred to the sanctions as "economic terrorism" that only hurts ordinary Iranian citizens.

"Subjecting construction workers to #EconomicTerrorism only manifests maximum failure of "maximum pressure,” Zarif said in a tweet.

He further insisted that the "US can sanction every man, woman & child but Iranians will never submit to bullying."

"Rather than dig itself deeper, US should abandon failed policies & return to #JCPOA," he added.

Earlier this week, the US imposed sanctions on the Iranian construction sector and trade materials specifically used in its nuclear programs.