Iran’s nuclear activities fully in line with JCPOA, NPT: FM spox

The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the country’s nuclear activities are fully in line with its commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (​NPT) and the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Saeid Khatibzadeh, Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Tuesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been supervising Iran’s nuclear sites and that Iran’s reduction of its nuclear curbs has been done according to mechanisms within the JCPOA.

Hesaid Iran's scaleback measures have been taken within the framework of the JCPOA and in response to the widespread violation of the landmark deal and Resolution 2231 by the United States in addition to the lack of full compliance of other parties to the accord, especially the three European countries.

Reaffirming the civilian and peaceful nature of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran will fully reverse its remedial measures if all the signatories honor their commitments and the US verifiably removes all its sanctions.

The remarks were made after the IAEA said in a report on Monday that Iran has made progress in its work on enriched uranium metal, with Tehran saying the process is aimed at producing a reactor fuel plate.

Iran's representative to the international organizations in Vienna said in July that the Islamic Republic would soon produce enriched uranium metal and that the country had earlier informed the United Nations nuclear watchdog of the move.

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