JCPOA springboard for Iran progress: Salehi

Ali-Akbar Salehi said on Monday that Iran has entered a new phase in the international arena after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

“I envisage a promising future for the [Iranian] nation after [the implementation of] the JCPOA. The nation is standing on a springboard,” Salehi said.

Salehi made the remarks at a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution that put an end to the monarchy of the US-backed Pahlavi regime in the country.

On January 16, Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China – plus Germany started to implement JCPOA they had concluded in July 2015.

After JCPOA went into effect, all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran by the European Union, the UN Security Council and the US were lifted. Iran, in return, has put some limitations on its nuclear activities.

The Iranian official said that Iran has managed to make significant progress in the international arena following the conclusion of the nuclear agreement, adding that the Iranian nation’s right to peaceful nuclear technology has been restored through the JCPOA.

Iran marks Islamic Revolution anniversary

On Monday, millions of Iranians across the country began celebrations marking the 37th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Also known as the Ten-Days Dawn, the ceremonies mark the return from exile of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, and commemorate a chain of events that culminated in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.