France, Britain, Germany 'Deeply Regret' US End to Iran Sanctions Waivers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – France, Germany, and Britain on Saturday criticized a US decision to end the last remaining sanctions waivers in a landmark nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
"We deeply regret the US decision to end the three waivers," the three European countries said in a joint statement, Reuters reported.
"These projects, endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, serve the non-proliferation interests of all and provide the international community with assurances of the exclusively peaceful and safe nature of Iranian nuclear activities,” it added.
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.
