The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors unanimously approved a draft resolution which will close a case on the so-called possible military dimensions (PMD) in Tehran’s nuclear program.
A document has been signed on redesigning Arak Reactor and Iran is currently in talks with China for signing an agreement on modernizing the reactor, Araghchi further said.
Iran says the US Congress bill on Iranian nationals entering the US is in contradiction to both international free trade and basic human rights principles.
Iranian deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs says Iran is negotiating with P5+1 and with the European Union’s foreign policy coordinator on the recent legislation passed by the US House of Representatives.
Iran believes that based on the IAEA final assessment, the Board of Governors should close the so-called PMD issue and pave the way for a new era of cooperation between Iran and the agency, says the Iranian deputy foreign minister.
Failure to act on the conditions that have emerged in the wake of the nuclear deal will either see the opportunity slip away or will turn it into a threat, Zarif said.
The report Amano is to release within days is only a first step. The next stage – a decision by the Board of Governors – is very important and sensitive.
Amano is planned to release a report on the Iranian nuclear program next week, and the agency’s Board of Governors will make a final decision in a meeting on December 15.
An Iranian deputy foreign minister has said that Iran will honor its JCPOA commitments if the West takes a reciprocal measure and fulfills its commitments.
If regional countries are in pursuit of peaceful relations and want to live in peace and avoid interfering in other countries’ affairs, Iran’s policy is completely in keeping with that goal, Zarif said.
How to sign the document on redesigning Arak Reactor has yet to be agreed on, since all foreign ministers will not take part in upcoming Vienna talks, Foreign Minister Zarif said.
Zarif has said that time has come for us to make maximal use of JCPOA, adding we should focus on the ways to seize the post-JCPOA opportunities to serve our national interests.
Although some areas of JCPOA are far from perfect, exerting pressure on the government and the negotiators by some groups is quite unfair, Ayatollah Amoli Larijani said.
The deputy foreign minister noted that the IAEA Board of Governors will convene on December 15 to present a resolution that will put an end to the so-called possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.
In a letter to President Rouhani, 213 MPs said no practical measure should be taken with regard to the implementation of JCPOA before the lifting of US and EU sanctions.