(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 17. Iran will fulfill
its obligations at the minimum level unless the sanctions against
Iran are lifted, and the US and the Western countries do not comply
with the obligations stipulated in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program, said Vice President and
Chief of the Atomic energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad
Eslami, Trend reports.
He spoke to reporters after the meeting of the Cabinet of Iran
in Tehran on January 17.
Eslami stated that the opposite parties require Iran to fully
adhere to the JCPOA, despite the fact that they do not fulfill
their obligations. This is contrary to the strategic action plan
approved by the Iranian Parliament. The Atomic Energy Organization
of Iran is taking steps within the framework of the strategic
action plan approved by the parliament.
In late 2020, the Iranian parliament decided to implement a
strategic plan to tackle the sanctions, citing the
non-implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA) signed between Iran and six countries and the imposition of
sanctions on Iran.
According to the decision of the Iranian parliament, as of
February 23, Iran suspended the implementation of additional steps
and an additional protocol provided for in the nuclear deal. As a
result, the control mechanism of the IAEA decreased by 20–30
percent.
Vice President also added that the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) reports that Iran is not adhering to the provisions
of the JCPOA. Iran, on the other hand, argues that the sanctions
imposed against the country within the framework of both the JCPOA
and the Strategic Action Plan have not been lifted, and takes steps
within the framework of Articles 26 and 36 of the plan.
According to Article 26 of the nuclear deal, if one party fails
to adhere to its obligations, the other party may suspend its
obligations in whole or in part.
According to Article 36 of the nuclear deal, if Iran believes
that the P5+1 group has not fulfilled its obligations under the
nuclear agreement, it can raise this issue in the joint
commission.
Iran's nuclear program was the subject of the JCPOA, a deal
signed by Iran and the P5+1 group (US, Russia, China, UK, France,
and Germany) on January 16, 2016. However, on May 8, 2018, the US
withdrew from the JCPOA and imposed new sanctions on Iran as of
November 2018, affecting its oil exports and freezing its assets
abroad. More than 700 banks, companies, and individuals were also
targeted by the sanctions.
Iran has been trying to resume talks with the other parties on
its nuclear issue and revive the JCPOA. The main goals of Iran are
to end the sanctions imposed by the US and Western countries,
access funds frozen abroad, and resume its crude oil exports.
Iran claims that its nuclear program is only for peaceful
purposes, but the IAEA has reported that Iran has increased its
highly enriched uranium by 27 percent in the last three months and
now has 4,745 kilograms of enriched uranium. This is 15 times more
than the amount allowed for Iran in the JCPOA.
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