(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10. Despite the
discussions on Iran's nuclear program in New York, it is impossible
to reach an agreement soon, Iranian MP Mojtaba Tavangar wrote on
his Twitter page, trend reports.
“The US is seeking to get certain privileges in discussions on
Iran's nuclear program in exchange for unblocking Iran's frozen
assets abroad. This is against Iran's interests,” the MP added.
Tavangar pointed out that the US intends to hold direct official
discussions with Iran.
Iranian and the US officials were said to have been secretly
discussing the nuclear program, which was later denied by both
sides.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed that Iran
has increased the highly enriched uranium by 27 percent in the last
three months, bringing it to 4,745 kilograms. It exceeds the levels
set in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by 15
times.
On May 8, 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the 5+1 group
(Russia, China, the UK, France, the US, and Germany), and imposed
new sanctions against Iran as of 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.
Recently, Iranian media made report about the unblocking of $24
billion of Iran's frozen assets in abroad.
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.
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