Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged European authorities to demonstrate their sovereignty instead of responding to US economic threats.
"Sorry to say I told you so: When E3 sold out remnants of #JCPOA to avoid Trump tariffs last week, I warned that it would only whet his appetite. After selling their integrity and losing any moral/legal ground, ANOTHER tariff threat. EU would do better to exert its sovereignty," he tweeted.
Sorry to say I told you so:
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 22, 2020
When E3 sold out remnants of #JCPOA to avoid Trump tariffs last week, I warned that it would only whet his appetite.
After selling their integrity and losing any moral/legal ground, ANOTHER tariff threat.
EU would do better to exert its sovereignty. pic.twitter.com/tgGwExMhdU
The US president announced on January 21 serious intentions to introduce duties on importing cars from the EU if the parties fail to conclude a trade agreement on conditions that suit Washington.
On January 15, The Washington Post wrote that Trump had threatened Paris, London and Berlin to impose 25% duties on European cars unless they accused Iran of violating the Iranian deal According to it, a warning was made a week before these countries launched a dispute resolution mechanism for a nuclear deal on January 14.
The future of the deal came into question after the US withdrawal on May 8, 2018 and Washington imposed sanctions against Tehran in the field of oil exports. According to Iran, the other participants, primarily Europeans, do not fully adhere to their obligations in the economic part of the deal, so in its current form it does not make sense. Iran began a phased suspension of its obligations under the Iranian deal regarding uranium enrichment and research activities, and in early January announced the completion of this process.
