Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (File)
2018-06-12
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SULAIMANI — The spokesman for the Iranian government is warning North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that President Donald Trump could nullify any nuclear deal with North Korea.
The semi-official Fars news agency quotes Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, as saying Tuesday: "We are facing a man who revokes his signature while abroad," according to the Associated Press.
Nobakht's remarks are the first by an Iranian official after Trump and North Korea's Kim concluded their nuclear summit.
“We don’t know what type of person the North Korean leader is negotiating with. It is not clear that he would not cancel the agreement before returning home,” Nobakht was quoted as saying by IRNA new agency.
Nobakht questioned Trump’s credibility. “This man does not represent the American people, and they will surely distance themselves from him at the next elections,” he said, according to Reuters.
While flying for talks with Kim on Sunday, Trump rejected an agreement signed by the leaders of the G7 countries at their summit in Canada.
The U.S. pulled out of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran in May.
During a press conference following talks with Kim, Trump lauded his withdrawal from the agreement with Iran signed by his predecessor Barack Obama, saying that it had forced Iran to rethink its policies.
(NRT/Agencies)
This story was updated at 1554 EBL.