TEHRAN (Iran News) – Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi told Mehr on Mon. that the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) is still in place and that “there’s a long way before our complete withdrawal from the JCPOA.” When asked by Mehr correspondent about the likelihood of Iran’s return to the pre-JCPOA conditions regarding […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi told Mehr on Mon. that the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) is still in place and that “there’s a long way before our complete withdrawal from the JCPOA.”
When asked by Mehr correspondent about the likelihood of Iran’s return to the pre-JCPOA conditions regarding its nuclear program given the end of the country’s’ technical measures in reducing commitments, Vaezi dismissed the possibility, stressing that “the deal is in place for the time being, and the United States is the only party that has pulled out,” stressing JCPOA collapse will take steps and time.
“Today we are in the third step of reducing commitments to the JCPOA,” he said.
“There is a long way before we could reach the point,” of returning Iran’s nuclear program to the pre-JCPOA conditions, he added.
There are only a few days left to Iran’s 60-day deadline for its fourth JCPOA step, as President Rouhani will announce the details of the fourth step on November 7.
The reductions come as part of Iran’s plans to “create balance between the country’s rights and commitments to the JCPOA,” following the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, and lack of practical measures from the European signatories to 2015 deal.
Tehran has so far taken three steps, highlighting that all its measures are reversible as soon as other parties can shield its economy from damages of US unilateral sanctions. Therefore they can be preventing JCPOA collapse.
- source : MNA, Irannews
