The US tried to include Iran’s missile programme and regional issues in the original nuclear deal but it is non-negotiable, president says.
Tehran, Iran – President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will not accept any preconditions in returning to the nuclear deal it signed with world powers and will not negotiate its missiles programme or regional activities.
The United States and European powers have said in recent weeks they remain committed to revitalising the nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – which outgoing US President Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned in 2018. However, they said they expect Iran to negotiate on its contentious missiles programme and its support of proxies in the region – which the US and Europe maintain is destabilising the Middle East.
In his first news conference in Tehran since February when the first COVID-19 cases in Iran were identified, the president defied calls by the incoming Biden administration in the US and European powers.
“We will not accept any pre-conditions from anybody. Neither is the JCPOA negotiable, nor can we set it out on the negotiation table and discuss it part by part,” he said in the televised event.“Either everyone will implement the JCPOA as it is or they don’t. If they do, we will too.”
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, April 19, 2026
