Under international law it is actually completely illegal to renege on something that has been signed by various parties, including of course Iran but other Western countries. So this is something that is binding and I do not think the US realizes that it would be against its interests, not just legal interests but even politically speaking, that would set Washington on a clash course with the UK and with the EU when it comes to the ramifications and repercussions of such a decision, should it decide in fact to renege and actually decertify the agreement, Catherine Shakdam, director of Shafaqna Institute for Middle Eastern Studies told PressTV in an interview on Saturday.
The nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries namely the US, Russia, China, France, Britain, and Germany in July 2015 and took effect in January 2016. Under the deal, Iran undertook to apply certain limitsto its nuclear program in exchange for the termination of all nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran.
However, the administration of US President Donald Trump, whichtook overin January 2017,one yearafter theJCPOAcame into force, has been opposed to the accord.Trump himself has verbally attacked the deal numerous times and is reportedly planning to refuse to certify Iranscompliance with the deal at a mid-October deadline under an American law.
