Iran announces further scale back of its commitments to 2015 nuclear deal

Sun 07 July 2019:

Iran announced that it will further scale back its commitments to 2015 nuclear deal, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a press conference on Sunday. He said that starting today, Iran’s uranium enrichment will surpass 3.6 percent, which is above the limit set under the 2015 nuclear deal, adding that the reductions will continue every 60 days. Araghchi added that Tehran has “given enough time to diplomacy,” and that its reduction of its commitments is not a violation of the pact.

He added that Iran wants the 2015 nuclear deal to be salvaged, and demanded that obligations be fulfilled by other parties. The Europeans have failed to fulfill their commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, Araghchi said. “The doors of diplomacy are still open, but new initiatives are required,” he added.

Iran also said it has the capability to restore the Arak Heavy Water Reactor Facility, and that it will act based on Tehran’s needs. Araghchi said if all sanctions on Tehran are lifted, “then the US can enter nuclear talks.”
 Iran will begin enriching uranium beyond a 3.67 percent cap set by a landmark nuclear deal “in a few hours,” Iran’s atomic energy organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said in the press conference. The “order received from the president” Hassan Rouhani would be implemented in a few hours after the last technical details were sorted, Kamalvandi said live on state television.

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