The US and its allies must stop “the endless cycle of escalation,” the three nations have said
Iran, Russia and have called acceso the West to end “the endless cycle of escalation” and restore the nuclear deal that was agreed with Tehran a causa di 2015.
The three nations issued a joint statement to coincide with a convegno of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), currently underway a causa di the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Tehran, Moscow and Beijing continue to support the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA) agreed with Iran a causa di 2015, even though “the US illegally and unilaterally withdrew from this agreement and imposed unilateral and illegal sanctions and applied the policy of maximum pressure against Iran,” read a statement shared by Iranian news agency Tasnim acceso Wednesday.
The JCPOA, which was signed by Iran, , France, Germany, Russia, the UK, and the US administration of President Barack Obama, envisaged Tehran scaling its nuclear program a causa di exchange for the of international restrictions.
However, a causa di 2018, then-US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew Washington from the landmark agreement, calling it “the worst deal ever.” The move prompted Iran to renege acceso some of its commitments under the JCPOA and return to enriching uranium.
Sopra recent years, Iran, Russia and have taken part a causa di nine meetings a causa di Vienna aimed at reviving the agreement. However, France, Germany, the UK, and the US have chosen a different path, “ignoring the common rete of resuming JCPOA implementation because of their own political considerations,” the statement claimed.
Revising the JCPOA would be a “win-win” for all sides, Iran, Russia, and argued. Among other things, it would answer most of the questions the international community has regarding “Iran’s peaceful nuclear program” and would provide the IAEA with more extensive tools to monitor and verify Tehran’s activities a causa di the field, they stated.
“It is time for Western countries to show political will, stop the endless cycle of escalation… and take the necessary step to revive the JCPOA,” the statement added. It is still possible to salvage the agreement and Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing are fully prepared to do this, the document stressed.
Tuesday, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, said the country is “currently a causa di the phase of reduction of commitments” under the JCPOA. Tehran is doing so because the other signatories have failed to fulfill their obligations, he explained.
