(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 22. The Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program was
seriously damaged when the US withdrew from the plan in 2018,
Spokesman of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanaani
said, trend reports.
According to him, with the withdrawal of the US from the JCPOA,
the European parties did not take serious steps tokeep the plan
afloat.
The spokesman said that satisfactory progress has been made in
the implementation of agreements between Iran and the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iran has always adhered to its
international obligations and is determined to continue
constructive cooperation with the IAEA within the framework of the
NPT.
In January 2016, JCPOA was launched between Iran and the P5+1
group (US, 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 on Iran in November
of the same year.
To preserve the agreements reached as part of the JCPOA, the
European signatories of the deal started in January 2019 that a
financial mechanism for maintaining trade with Iran called INSTEX
was formed.
On May 8, 2019, Iran announced 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
that have not fulfilled their obligations. On July 7, Iran
announced that it will not be fulfilling its commitments regarding
the enrichment of uranium at 3.67 percent and the reconstruction of
the Arak Heavy Water Reactor Facility as stated in the deal.
Iran announced that it will enrich uranium using next-generation
centrifuges and will not mix it with the enriched uranium residues
as part of the third step of reducing commitments in JCPOA on
Sept.5.
On Nov. 5, 2019, Iran announced that it took the fourth step in
connection with reducing its commitments to the nuclear agreement.
So, uranium gas is being pumped to the centrifuges at the Fordow
Fuel Enrichment Plant.
On Jan.2020, Iran took the last fifth step in reducing the
number of its commitments within JCPOA.
The US imposed new sanctions on Iran in November 2018. Over the
past period, the sanctions affected Iranian oil exports, more than
700 banks, companies, and individuals. The sanctions have resulted
in the freezing of Iranian assets abroad.
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