The regional media reflected the DT leaving decision of JCOPA in different ways. The following is a brief of it.
‘Radio Pakistan’ reported that the US President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplies.
It said Trump’s decision intensifies the strain on the trans-Atlantic alliance since he took office 16 months ago, especially after European leaders made trips to Washington and repeatedly appealed to Trump to preserve the deal.
Daily ‘Dawn’ said that President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal.
It added last week, Britain, France and Germany urged the Trump administration not to revoke the deal, arguing that the agreement was the best way of stopping Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. President Trump ignored the advice.
Reacting to Trump’s announcement, President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran would remain committed to the multinational nuclear deal, reports Reuters.
‘Express Tribune’ said President Donald Trump has said he was reimposing economic sanctions on Iran and pulling the United States out of an international agreement aimed at stopping Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
The decision is likely to raise the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upset America’s European allies and disrupt global oil supplies.
Another newspaper ‘Daily Times’ said President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of a landmark deal.
Daily ‘Business Recorder’ in its headline said President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran in a step that will raise the risk of conflict in the Middle East.
‘Nation’ reported that President Donald Trump defied the pleas of his European allies and pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal.
Daily ‘The News’ in its headline said global crisis as Trump withdraws from Iran deal. It said President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of a landmark deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program and reimposed crippling sanctions, defying European pleas and prompting international outcry.
ARY news channel said US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the nuclear deal is an act of “psychological warfare” against Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said.
Speaking on state television, Rouhani said he wished to discuss Trump’s decision with the European, Russian and Chinese parties to the 2015 deal.
The Iranian president appeared on the state broadcaster just minutes after Trump announced the historic decision to withdraw the United States from the agreement.
Daily Pakistan website said US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States is effectively withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, defying last-ditch diplomatic efforts by his European allies to convince him otherwise.
Geo Tv said US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States was withdrawing from multinational nuclear deal with Iran, adding that Washington would reinstate sanctions against the Islamic republic.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that France, Germany and Britain regretted US President Donald Trump´s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
ARY Tv said the EU is “determined to preserve” the Iran nuclear deal despite the US withdrawal, the bloc’s diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said, pledging to “stay true” if Tehran stuck to its commitments.
The 2015 accord “is delivering on its goal which is guaranteeing that Iran doesn’t develop nuclear weapons, the European Union is determined to preserve it,” Mogherini said.
She warned she was “particularly worried” by Trump’s announcement of new sanctions on Iran, saying the EU would act to defend its economic interests.
Dunya Tv reported that President Donald Trump defied the pleas of his European allies and pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal.