Iran Press/Europe: “The purpose of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is to restore confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of the nuclear program of Iran. The deal fulfills this task. No sign of military dimension was found. The goal of opponents is opposite- to undermine confidence and cooperation between Tehran and IAEA,” Ulyanov tweeted on Monday.
The landmark nuclear deal had been reached between Iran and five other countries the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China in 2015. However, in May 2018, US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled his country out of the JCPOA and later re-imposed the sanctions that had been lifted against Tehran and began unleashing the “toughest ever” fresh sanctions.
An arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council against Iran - in place since 2006/2007 will be lifted in October 2020, under the world body's Resolution 2231 that enshrined JCPOA.
However, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose country is no longer a participant of the nuclear deal, said in April that Washington was considering “every possibility” to renew the ban on selling conventional arms to Iran.
But later, European officials told CNN that the E3 Britain, Germany, and France - would not back the US call for renewing the embargo.
A European source stressed that the countries still in the agreement cannot support the US proposal because the arms embargo’s expiration is a formal and legal part of the treaty.
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