The commander of Iran’s Qods force Qassem Soleimani has said that “enemies” of the Islamic Republic want to renegotiate JCPOA or the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran in order to uproot Islamic movements. He called the attempt “JCPOA2”.
Islamic movements is a term used by Iranian officials for Islamist groups in the region and beyond who are loyal to Shiite Iran.
Soleimani added that “From the very beginning the enemy saw JCPOA as a three-pronged objective, not just one, and the other two were more important than the first”.
Mehr news agency quotes Soleimani as saying, “Obama wanted to reach the other two goals slowly, but Trump wants to traverse this road quickly and this road will lead to JCPOA3”.
The Islamic Revolution Guards commander did not give any further explanation about JCPOA 2 and 3.
The term “JCPOA2” was first used by President Hassan Rouhani three years ago when parliamentary elections led to the overwhelming victory of reformists and moderates. He called that developments the beginning of JCPOA2.