EU to announce end of Iran sanctions on Sunday: sources

(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The EU will announce Sunday the formal end to damaging economic sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program which the West feared would give Tehran the atomic bomb, Western diplomatic sources said.

They said the decision will take effect around the end of the year after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) certifies that Iran has met its commitments under a landmark July accord with the major powers to curb its nuclear program in return for lifting sanctions.

In Tehran, the official Iranian News Agency (IRNA) said EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini and her Iranian counterpart Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif would issue a statement on Sunday, AFP said.