Pakistan supports Iran’s principled stand against US on N-deal

The Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif held detailed talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi where Pakistan expressed support to Iranian principled stance on nuclear deal.

Detailed discussions were also held on regional and global issues, including the situation in Afghanistan and the United States’ decision to unilaterally withdraw from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — more commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal.
During the talks on Friday, Qureshi “supported Iran’s principled stance” and expressed the hope that remaining parties to the Iran deal would uphold their commitments. The foreign minister, according to the press release, reiterated that Pakistan stands with Iran “in this hour of need”.
Qureshi stressed that Pakistan greatly values Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s “strong and unswerving support for the just struggle of the people of Kashmir”.
Zarif, meanwhile, congratulated Qureshi on “Pakistan’s strong protest against the blasphemous caricature competition had led to cancellation of the event”.
According to a press release issued by the Foreign Office, Zarif extended “best wishes of the Iranian leadership and the people of Iran on the election victory led by Prime Minister Imran Khan”.
Welcoming the dignitary, Qureshi noted the potential for “strengthening the already strong bilateral relationship” between Pakistan and Iran.
In May, President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran deal, terming it “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into”. The US government had also reinstated all sanctions waived as part of the nuclear accord and imposed additional economic penalties as well.
Britain, France and Germany had urged the Trump administration not to revoke the deal, arguing that the agreement was the best way of stopping Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.