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Iran
tells foreign envoys it will 'stop implementation' of some nuclear
deal commitments
RT,
8 May, 2019
Iran told ambassadors from the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia that it will renege on “some commitments” under the 2015 nuclear deal, but will not quit the pact completely.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani appeared Wednesday on national TV to announce the decision to scale down implementation of the 2015 deal, which is officially called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He said the Iranian move was reciprocal action to US complete withdrawal from it under President Donald Trump.
Rouhani announced that Tehran will be gradually suspending its commitments under the deal, giving other parties subsequent periods of 60 days to negotiate a reversal of those actions. He blamed European signatories of failing to compensate to Iran the damage done by US unilateral sanctions after Washington broke its part of the bargain.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif earlier told reporters Tehran would be backing out of some "voluntary commitments" under the 2015 agreement as a response to the EU's inability to stand up to the pressure of Washington's attempts to isolate Iran.
The JCPOA was signed under Barack Obama and offered Iran lifting of international and unilateral economic sanctions in exchange for voluntarily restricting its nuclear program. The document was signed by Iran, China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the US and the EU.
Trump sided with Israel in calling the agreement “the worst deal ever” and refused to keep Washington’s part of the bargain in May last year. The US has since re-imposed the unilateral sanctions, which had been lifted from Iran under the JCPOA terms, and is currently seeking to cripple its oil export by targeting buyers with secondary sanctions.
Iran
has said it is pulling out of “some commitments” made under its
international nuclear deal, and will resume higher enrichment of
uranium in 60 days unless a new agreement can be reached.
President
Hassan Rouhani said he had informed the world powers still backing
the deal, as well as Russia.
His
announcement came in a live speech on the anniversary of Donald
Trump‘s decision pulling the US out of the accord, which has since
seen crippling sanctions reintroduced against Iran.
Mr
Rouhani said Iran wanted to negotiate new terms with remaining
partners in the deal, but acknowledged the situation was dire.
“This
surgery is to save the [deal], not destroy it,” he said.
The
government of Iran has issued a statement regarding the JCPOA
(Nuclear Deal) and there is now panic around the world as the west
realizes war is upon us all.
Iran's
Supreme National Security Council's statement:
"As
of today Iran doesn't commit itself to observing restrictions of
stockpiling enriched uranium and heavy water.
Iran
gives other parties 60 days to implement their commitments, esp. in
banking and oil....
Once
they fulfill that, Iran will restart implementing commitments.
It's
now other parties' turn to show their good faith....
So
we have no other choice but to diminish our commitments to bring back
balance to deal & secure our interests.
Whenever
our demands are met, we will resume the same amount of suspended
commitments, but otherwise, Iran will stop the process of fulfilling
other obligations."
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