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Iran expects Trump to observe commitments to nuclear deal

Xinhua, November 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday that the upcoming U.S. administration should observe the U.S. commitments pertaining to a nuclear deal reached between Iran and the world powers last year.

"This is the American people's election, and we respect it," Zarif said in his first reaction following the reports about Donlad Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.

"Iran and the United States have no political relations, but the United States must carry out what it has undertaken as an international multilateral commitment in the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)," he was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.

JCPOA is the nuclear agreement sealed between Iran and the world major powers, including the United States, in July 2015 and implemented in January this year.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump, a Republican, defeated Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, in a close race to win the 45th U.S. presidency. Endit