Rouhani awards Iran's high-ranking officials for JCPOA
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has awarded two ministers, as
well as the country's atomic chief with medals of honor and valor,
for their involvement in the implementation of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif has received the medal of
honor while Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)
Ali Akbar Salehi and the minister of defense Brigadier General
Hossein Dehqan were awarded with the medals of valor, IRNA news
agency reported.
Over the past decade in a bid to curb Iran’s nuclear program, the
international community took measures against Tehran, including
restrictions imposed on the country’s financial system, as well as
industry, which have had a catastrophic impact on Iranians’
economic situation and life conditions.
During his electoral campaign in 2013, Rouhani promised to improve
the country’s economic situation by settling the controversial
nuclear issue.
Following a number of nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1
group of countries finally through a joint statement on Jan. 16,
the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Iran’s Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced the implementation of the
JCPOA, aka nuclear deal, and the removal of economic sanctions on
Iran.
According to the statement, the EU confirmed that the legal
framework, providing for lifting of its nuclear-related economic
and financial sanctions, is effective.
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