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Rouhani: Ball in US court to lift bans, put Iran deal back on track
Feb 17, 2021 03:24President Hassan Rouhani has once again reiterated Iran’s opposition to any renegotiation of a nuclear deal it clinched with major world states in 2015, saying the United States should practically lift its “illegal” sanctions in the first place in order for the agreement to get back on track.
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IAEA chief offers to visit Iran ahead of Additional Protocol halt
Feb 17, 2021 02:59The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has offered to visit Iran over Tehran’s decision to suspend the IAEA’s snap inspections.
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Europe needs to ditch passive attitude toward Tehran-Washington dispute over JCPOA: Carnegie Europe
Feb 17, 2021 02:45A Brussels-based think tank has urged Europeans to ditch their passive attitude toward the Iran-US dispute over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which was abandoned by the United States under former president Donald Trump, arguing that Europe should instead play a central role in efforts to revive the agreement.
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Iran slams new US administration’s policy saying Biden follows Trump plans
Feb 16, 2021 04:46Despite his statements during his campaign, the new US president has not revived the Iran nuclear deal yet and in the coming days tensions may rise as Tehran earlier announced some more rollbacks as of February 21.
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Envoy: Iran tells IAEA voluntary implementation Additional Protocol ends next week
Feb 16, 2021 03:57Iran’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed of the country’s decision to end voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) next week.
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Iran will restore JCPOA commitments if US lifts all ‘illegal’ sanctions: President Rouhani
Feb 16, 2021 02:33President Hassan Rouhani says the country will return to full implementation of its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if the United States removes all “illegal” sanctions it has unilaterally re-imposed on Tehran after quitting the accord.
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EU responsible for ‘sequencing’ all parties’ compliance with JCPOA: Iran FM
Feb 15, 2021 15:15Iran’s foreign minister says the European Union is responsible for taking action to ‘sequence’ compliance of all parties to Iran nuclear deal in a bid to end the current standoff between Tehran and Washington over which party should take the first step and return to its commitments under the accord.
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US should show ‘political will’, rejoin Iran nuclear deal: Russian diplomat
Feb 15, 2021 11:33Russia's deputy foreign minister has called on the United States to show political will and indicate its readiness to rejoin a landmark nuclear deal with Iran from which the administration of former US president unilaterally withdrew in 2018.
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Tehran to halt Additional Protocol unless other parties return to full JCPOA compliance
Feb 15, 2021 10:33Tehran says it will end its voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement should the other parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement fail to honor their commitments by the deadline of February 21.
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Iran welcomes Qatar’s push to save JCPOA, slams Biden for acting like Trump
Feb 15, 2021 06:05The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson hailed Qatar for its efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, made it clear that Washington’s commitment to the JCPOA requires no messages, and denounced the new US administration for following in footsteps of its predecessor.