OUTSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS. NBC'S LESTER HOLT SAT DOWN WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN TO TALK ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE
U.S. PULLING OUT OF THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL.
ROUHANI SAID ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO RESUME ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
WHICH THE COUNTRY CLAIMS IS FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES LIKE ENERGY.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE INTERVIEW.
>> YOU MADE HEADLINES YESTERDAY BY SAYING THE UNITED STATES WILL
PAY A HIGH PRICE IF IT WITHDRAWS FROM THE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
SOME MIGHT HEAR A THREAT IN THOSE WORDS.
DO YOU CARE TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN BY A HIGH PRICE?
>> Translator: IN A MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT WHICH HAS RECEIVED THE
SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE CORE OF
IT IS A NON-PROLIFERATION MATTER, THE EXITING OF THE
UNITED STATES FROM SUCH AN AGREEMENT WOULD CARRY A HIGH
COST, MEANING THAT SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH A PROBABLE ACTION BY THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NO ONE WILL TRUST AMERICA AGAIN.
AND THERE IS NO HIGHER PRICE TO BE PAID THAN THIS BECAUSE AFTER
SUCH A POSSIBLE SCENARIO, WHICH COUNTRY WOULD BE WILLING TO SIT
ACROSS THE TABLE FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TALK ABOUT
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES? BECAUSE THE JCPOA WAS OBTAINED
AFTER OVER TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND DIALOGUES,
DIALOGUES THAT INCLUDED SESSIONS OVER EVERY SINGLE WORD CONTAINED
IN THAT AGREEMENT, EVERY WORD WAS ANALYZED, MANY TIMES, BY
COUNTRIES INVOLVED, BEFORE ITS RATIFICATION.
SO IF THE UNITED STATES WERE TO NOT ADHERE TO THE COMMITMENT AND
TRAMPLE UPON THIS AGREEMENT THIS WILL MEAN THAT IT WILL CARRY
WITH IT THE LACK OF SUBSEQUENT TRUST FROM COUNTRIES TOWARDS THE
UNITED STATES BECAUSE THE GREATEST CAPITAL THAT ANY
COUNTRY HAS IS TRUST AND CREDIBILITY.
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