TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has outlined what he calls the chronology of a Mossad program to kill the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

“2018
4/30: Netanyahu claims MOSSAD “Iran nuke file discovery”;
5/08: Trump withdraws from the JCPOA.
6/03: President Rouhani begins state visits to Switzerland and Austria;
6/03: MOSSAD assists in “foiling Iranian bomb plot” in France.
9/26: Trump chairs disastrous anti-Iran show at UN Security Council.
9/27: Netanyahu claims MOSSAD “Iran nuclear site discovery.”
10/29: Planned EU announcement on Special Purpose Vehicle;
10/29: MOSSAD assists in “foiling Iranian assassination plot” in Denmark,” the Iranian foreign minister posted his chronology on Twitter on Thursday.

Earlier on Wednesday, Zarif referred in another tweet to Mossad’s role in a diplomatic standoff between Tehran and Copenhagen over claims that Iran had tried to carry out an assassination plot on Danish soil, an allegation Tehran has sharply rejected.

“Mossad’s perverse & stubborn planting of false flags (more on this later) only strengthens our resolve to engage constructively with the world. Imp talks in Pakistan today, preceded by tripartite mtng with Turkey & Azerbaijan yesterday. Solid relations w/neighbors our priority,” he tweeted.

The tweet comes amid a diplomatic standoff between Tehran and Copenhagen over the latter’s claims that Iran had tried to carry out an assassination plot on Danish soil, an allegation Tehran has sharply rejected.

Swedish security police also said a Norwegian citizen of Iranian descent had been arrested on October 21 in connection with the alleged plot and extradited to Denmark.

Denmark recalled its ambassador from Tehran and said that it was consulting with other European countries about how to respond. Tehran also summoned the Danish ambassador to Tehran to voice its protest.

Israeli media later revealed that Mossad had provided Denmark with “intelligence” concerning the alleged plot by Tehran.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was also quick to “congratulate” the Danish government on the arrest.

Tehran has dismissed Denmark’s claims as “rash, politicized,” with Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi saying Wednesday that “invisible hands” were at work to damage Iran’s ties with Europe at the time when the two sides are closely cooperating to save the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal following the US’s pullout.

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