France again calls on Iran to comply with its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA), noting that the measures announced by Tehran to abandon a number of clauses of the agreement will only contribute to the escalation of tension, said the representative of the French Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran will soon use the new generation of gas centrifuges IR-9 in nuclear activities.
“With our partners in the European triad (Germany, the UK, the European External Relations Service), we have repeatedly expressed our deep concern over the recent statements and actions of Iran, which contradict its obligations under the JCPOA”, – said the representative of the French Foreign Ministry at a briefing on Wednesday.
In Paris, they emphasize that they remain committed to the JCPOA and urge Iran to fully comply with its obligations under the agreement.
“Iran should refrain from moving to a new phase of concern with the adoption of new measures that can only contribute to the escalation of tension. Iran should also fully cooperate with the IAEA, both within the framework of the JCPOA and other nuclear obligations”, – the representative said. departments.
In mid-2015, the Six (Great Britain, Germany, China, Russia, the USA, France) and Iran announced the achievement of a Joint Comprehensive Action Plan. The agreement provided for the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran’s nuclear program. The deal in its original form did not survive even three years: in May 2018, the United States announced a unilateral exit from it and the restoration of harsh sanctions against the Islamic republic.
For the first time, Tehran abandoned a number of nuclear restrictions on the anniversary of the US withdrawing from the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program – Washington left the deal on May 8, 2018, Tehran responded exactly one year later, which it called “strategic patience.” The refusal to fulfill a number of points of the JCPOA on the Iranian nuclear program in the first stage concerned the reserves of enriched uranium and heavy water. Subsequently, authorities in Tehran announced the second phase of a reduction in nuclear deal obligations, saying Iran would enrich uranium at the level that the country needed. The third stage began on September 6: then Iran announced that it had started working with a number of centrifuges, without limiting itself in the field of nuclear research and development to the provisions of the JCPOA.