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US untrustworthiness proved to world: IRGC cmdr

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, May 13, IRNA -- Mischief, deceit and untrustworthiness of the US are now tangible to the world, the commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said here on Sunday.

It has been proved that no one should trust the US and this issue has been confirmed by other countries, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said at a national Basij festival in this Iranian capital city.

Washington has targeted Iran because the Iranian nation has stood up to the global arrogance under the US leadership, the commander said.

US President Donald Trump announced his decision about the Iran Deal on May 8 and unilaterally pulled his country out of the Iran nuclear deal as an international agreement. Many world powers, including Russia, China, and the European Union have voiced their opposition to Trump's decision.

Referring to the US anti-Iran decision, the IRGC commander said Washington is after its own expansionist policies and interests without feeling any pity for the oppressed and deprived people of the world.

He further said that use of domestic capacities and the implementation of Economy of Resistance as recommended by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will be an effective deterrent against such threats.

The top military commander said their accusations against Iran's nuclear program and subsequent pressures put on Tehran to prevent it from making further achievements in the field of peaceful nuclear energy resulted in the talks which led to the signing of Iran nuclear deal.

Although the July 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was to pave the way for removal of anti-Iran sanctions, it ended up in institutionalization of the sanctions, the commander said.

US exit from the Iran Deal was aimed at breaking the Iranian people's resistance, Jafari stressed.

In response to the US decision about the Iran Deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that he has ordered the Foreign Ministry to consult with European countries, Russia and China within one to two weeks. 'If Iran's national interests are secured, we will remain in the deal,' he said.

Earlier on Wednesday, the IRGC commander said that it is crystal clear that when the Europeans have to choose between Iran and the US they will choose the latter.

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