(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 26. We have always said
that we maintain the ability to communicate with Iran and deliver
messages to them when it is in the US best interest to do so,
Matthew Miller, Spokesperson for the US Department of State, said
at a briefing, while answering a question on whether there is any
progress on the oint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), trend reports.
"We do continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to
verifiably and durably ensure that Iran never acquires a nuclear
weapon <... diplomacy is the best way, as I just said, to
verifiably and durably ensure that Iran never acquires a nuclear
weapon, and it is a priority of this administration to ensure
that," he said.
The JCPOA, initiated in January 2016, is an agreement between
Iran and the P5+1 group (comprising the US, Russia, China, UK,
France, and Germany) regarding Iran's nuclear program. However, in
May 2018, the US withdrew from the agreement and imposed sanctions
on Iran, followed by additional sanctions in November of the same
year. To uphold the JCPOA's provisions, the European signatories
established a financial mechanism called INSTEX in January 2019 to
facilitate trade with Iran.
On May 8, 2019, Iran declared its discontinuation of commitments
related to the sale of over 300 kilograms of uranium, as stipulated
in the JCPOA, citing the non-compliance of other signatories with
their obligations. Subsequently, on July 7, Iran announced its
decision to disregard commitments regarding uranium enrichment at
3.67 percent and the reconstruction of the Arak Heavy Water Reactor
Facility, as outlined in the agreement.
On September 5, Iran made an announcement stating its intention
to enrich uranium using advanced centrifuges and abstain from
mixing it with enriched uranium residues, constituting the third
phase of reducing its commitments within the JCPOA. Later, on
November 5, 2019, Iran declared the implementation of the fourth
phase in reducing its obligations under the nuclear agreement,
specifically by injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at the
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.
In January 2020, Iran proceeded with the final fifth step of
reducing its commitments within the JCPOA.
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