Iran’s nuclear chief: “our country is prepared in case Trump tears up the nuclear deal”

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran “AEOI” “Ali Akbar Salehi” said his country is prepared to act appropriately in case US president “Donald Trump” chooses to tear up the nuclear deal signed between Iran and six world powers including America, reported Canada’s CBC news.
 
 Salehi added “We can very easily snap back and go back … not only to where we were, but a much higher position, technologically speaking.”
 
 
Salehi asserted he does not want to see that, noting that he does not want to make a decision in that course, but has to mention is country’s readiness for any call.
 
The agreement, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed in July 2015 between Tehran on the one side and the US, the UK, France, Russia, and China plus Germany, on the other.
 
The European Union acted as the coordinator for the negotiations in the lead-up to the deal, which took effect in mid-January 2016.
 
The deal, which was later enshrined in a legally-binding UN Security Council resolution, rolled back nuclear-related sanctions against Iran, which, in turn, put limits on its nuclear program.
 
However, on his campaign trail, Trump threatened to rip up the deal, which he has denounced as “the worst accord ever” and “one of the dumbest” ones he has come across.
 
Reacting to Trump’s threat earlier this week, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washington cannot unilaterally decide to abrogate the agreement as it is an “international agreement,” and not a bilateral one between Iran and the US.
 
Zarif, however, said Tehran’s response would “surprise” Trump should the new US president “tear up” the JCPOA.