US opens Pandora's box with Iran policy

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will attend the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Saturday and Sunday as the leader of an observer country in the SCO. Although Rouhani's attendance is a routine affair, some Western media outlets may use it to speculate that he will urge SCO member states to take some countermeasures against the US' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

Such speculation would be ridiculous. However, it's high time for the US to reflect on the severe consequence of its unilateral pull-out of the deal.

The US' withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and re-imposition of sanctions on Iran could eventually force the other five countries that signed the JCPA to stop cooperating with Iran. That would render the deal all but dead.