By Trend
Iran further ceases its commitments to the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action (JCPOA) starting from today, Iranian Deputy Foreign
Minister Abbas Araghchi said at a press conference regarding the
matter,
Trend reports referring to IRINN.
According to Araghchi, Iran will no longer fulfill its
commitments stated in the JCPOA with regards to the 3.67-percent
limit on uranium enrichment and the reconstruction of the Arak
Heavy Water Reactor Facility. In connection with this, Iranian
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issued a letter to the EU
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Federica Mogherini.
In January 2016, the JCPOA was implemented between Iran and the
P5+1 group (USA, Russia, China, UK, France and Germany) in
connection with Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, the US
announced its withdrawal from the deal and imposed sanctions
against Iran in November of the same year. In order to preserve the
agreements reached as part of the JCPOA, the European signatories
of the deal stated in January 2019 that a financial mechanism for
maintaining trade with Iran called INSTEX was formed. Iran
announced on May 8, 2019 that it had ceased fulfilling its
commitments regarding the sale of over 300 kilograms of uranium, as
stated in the deal, basing its decision on the other signatories
having not fulfilled their obligations.
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