Iran, P5+1 announce implementation of nuclear deal
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and European Union (EU) foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini issued a joint statement on Sunday, announcing the start of the implementation of the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the six world powers in July, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry website.
Now, Iran will start implementing its obligations pertaining to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and the UN nuclear watchdog will prepare the means to monitor Iran's measures, the statement read. The report did not specify where the statement was released.
According to the nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers reached on July 14 in the Austrian capital of Vienna, Iran would improve the transparency of its nuclear plan, downsize its capacity for uranium enrichment and do changes in the structure of its heavy water reactor in exchange for international and Western sanctions relief.
Based on the agreement, the nuclear deal should have gone into effect on Oct. 18, or the so-called the Adoption Day, 90 days for the UN Security Council endorsed the Iranian deal.
Alson on Sunday, Iran notified Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), that it will provisionally apply the Additional Protocol to its Safeguards Agreement when the nuclear deal comes into effect, the IAEA announced in a statement.
In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday ordered his administration to take steps to lift sanctions on Iran, part of the nuclear agreement.
"I hereby direct you to take all necessary steps to give effect to the U.S. commitments with respect to sanctions" on Iran, Obama said in a memorandum to U.S. secretaries of state, energy, commerce and the treasury.
The steps will take effect upon confirmation by the Secretary of State that Iran has met its commitments under the JCPOA, Obama said in the memorandum issued by the White House.
But the sanction on Iran will not be lifted immediately on the Adoption Day, and the United States said that no relief from the sanctions will take place until the IAEA verifies that Iran has fully complied with the terms of the agreement.
On July 14, Iran reached the JCPOA with P5+1 over its controversial nuclear program after more than 18 months of marathon talks.
Under the deal, all of the nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran will be lifted if the Islamic republic is proved to abide by the deal over the next 10 years step-by-step.
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