Iran Press/Europe: The 14th joint commission of JCPOA is scheduled to convene on Friday at the level of deputy foreign ministers of Iran and the Group of 4 including Germany, France, Russia, China, and the United Kingdom chaired by Iran deputy foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Secretary-General of the European External Action Service Helga Schmidt in Vienna.
Araghchi, who has spent many days in China and Japan, arrived in Vienna hours to attend the meeting.
The fourth step to cut Iran's commitments in the JCPOA commenced from a month ago with the order of Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian President, to feed gas into the centrifuges in Frodow's facilities and enrichment by 4.5 % in the facility.
Some Western media have suggested that today's Vienna summit may be held in a different atmosphere than previous ones.
Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi announced Thursday night that Araghchi will meet with Rafael Grossi, the new director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Friday.
On Wednesday, and just two days before the 14th Joint Commission on the JCPOA, European Troika representatives including Britain, France and Germany at the United Nations wrote in a letter to Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the organization, claiming that Iran's ballistic missiles could carry nuclear warheads which is contrary to the request of the Security Council from Tehran.
This deliberate move by the European Troika shortly before the meeting of the Joint Commission on the JCPOA met with a strong response from the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mohammad Javad Zarif Thursday, in a tweet, responded to the European Troika's accusatory letter to the UN over Iran, calling the letter a desperate act to cover up these countries' inefficiency in fulfilling their obligations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message on Thursday described EU letter to the UNGA as a cover-up to hide their incompetence with regard to Iran's nuclear deal.
"If E3 wants a modicum of global credibility, they can begin by exerting sovereignty rather than bowing to US bullying," he added.
Representatives of Germany, UK, and France in a letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres claimed that Iranian ballistic missiles are capable of carrying nuclear warheads which is against UNSC request from Tehran.205
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