(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7. As a sign of goodwill,Iran has remained in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)on Iran's nuclear program, Iran's Vice President and Chairman ofthe Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami said during thejoint press conference with International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, Trend reports.
“Iran has not withdrawn from the Comprehensive Joint ActionPlan; the side that withdrew from this agreement is the US, and ithas not fulfilled its obligations and has not allowed others tofulfill their obligations, and the three European countries (UK,France, and Germany) have also taken steps in this direction,” hesaid.
According to him, Iran has unilaterally fulfilled itsobligations under the JCPOA and reduced its commitments underArticle 26 of the agreement.
Eslami stated that the Iranian parliament has approved astrategic action plan to lift sanctions against Iran. The AtomicEnergy Organization of Iran is taking steps within the framework ofthe plan.
To note, the Comprehensive Plan of Joint Action on Iran'snuclear program was implemented between Iran and the P5+1 group(the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, andGermany) in January 2016. The US announced in May 2018 that it waswithdrawing from the plan and imposed sanctions on Iran in Novemberof the same year. Iran has announced that there will be norestrictions on the Iran nuclear deal in 2020.
In late 2020, the Iranian parliament adopted a strategic plan tocounter the sanctions, citing the non-fulfillment of the JointComprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed between Iran and sixcountries and the imposition of sanctions on Iran.
According to the decision of the Iranian parliament, as ofFebruary 23, Iran had stopped the implementation of additionalmeasures and an additional protocol included in the nuclear deal a consequence, the monitoring mechanism of the IAEA was reducedby 20–30 percent.
Under Article 26 of the nuclear deal, if one party fails tocomply with its obligations, the other party may suspend all orpart of its obligations.
The 3-day 1st International Conference on Nuclear Science andTechnology in Isfahan, Iran, kicked off on May 6. Iran's topofficials attended the conference. IAEA Director General RafaelGrossini also visited Iran to attend the conference.
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