EU Slams US Decision to End Iran Nuclear Sanctions Waivers


EU Slams US Decision to End Iran Nuclear Sanctions Waivers

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The European Union deeply regreted the decision of the US administration to end sanctions waivers covering important Iran nuclear deal projects, EU Spokesman Peter Stano said.

“We deeply regret the US decision to end the three sanctions waivers covering key JCPOA nuclear projects in Iran, including the Arak Modernization Project,” Stano told New Europe on Friday.

“Work with Iran on key nuclear projects allow us to ensure that facilities like Arak can never be used for non-peaceful purposes. The US decision will now make it more difficult for the international community to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program", the EU spokesman added.  

Stano reminded that EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell plays a specific role as coordinator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. “We are in touch with all remaining participants and relevant partners on the next steps,” he said.

Hawkish US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Washington had ended the last remaining sanctions waivers in the JCPOA.

“Today, I am ending the sanctions waiver for JCPOA-related projects in Iran, effective in 60 days,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter.

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi said on Thursday that the US has destroyed the last means of retention of the JCPOA by ending waivers for sanctions prohibiting nuclear cooperation with Tehran.

In May 2018, US President Donald Trump took an illegal and unilateral decision to end Washington’s participation in the nuclear deal and re-impose the sanctions that the agreement had lifted, in defiance of the fact that the accord has been endorsed by the UN Security Council in the form of Resolution 2231.

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