Iranian official to Trump: Go ahead, cancel the dealDeputy Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards says Iran would be better off without the 2015 nuclear deal.Israel National News, Sep 29, 2017
General Hossein Salami, the Deputy Chief Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said that Iran would be better off and more powerful without the 2015 nuclear agreement, adding that U.S. President Donald Trump can in no way pressure Iran through his threats to scrap the deal.
"We have not built our life on the basis of interaction with the U.S., as the life of the Iranian nation is independent from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)", Salami said on Thursday, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.
"If you intend to abort the deal, you'd better know that we pray God for this, because we would make better progress without the JCPOA," he continued.
Salami further said that the U.S. has no place among the geopolitical realities of the world today, adding, "This is what we believe and we live with it".
"The nuclear deal might be your only option, but it is no option for us at all," he added, urging Trump to focus on the huge crises that his nation is grappling with instead of starting new crises all over the world.
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