- Iranians holding Ashura mourning for Imam Hussein
- Third step: Iran officially informs EU of plan to expand nuclear R&D
- Iran expands nuclear R&D program: Rouhani
- Iran goes ahead in space tech, despite US sanctions: ISA
- Resistance Front undermining Israeli regime power: Top commander
- Iran: 7 crew members of detained UK ship freed
- US addiction to sanction threaten its power: Iran’s Zarif
- Dutch role in 2007 Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear site under scrutiny: Iraian FM Spox.
- Iran: ‘Sustainable Security 2019’ kicks off in Caspian Sea
- Iran’s Zarif leaves Tehran for Moscow
- Shiraz University ranked 1st in liver transplantation: Iranian health official
- Japan’s Abe to meet Iran’s president to discuss easing tension in region
- Downing of US spy drone shattered war threats against Iran: Top IRGC commander
- IAEO head reports development of first ion-therapy hospital in west of Asia
- Iranian Taekwondo team wins 2019 World Cup championship
- US sanctions failed to force Iran to buckle: Report
- Crew fixing Iran oil tanker broken down in Red Sea
- As Iranians hold nerves, US seeks to scare off trade
- Leader expresses concern about Kashmir, urges India to follow fair policy toward Muslim-majority region
- Iran saffron exports down due to smuggling, government restrictions: Exporter
- Iran FM warns US against ‘serious miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf
- Iran’s resistance policy led to release of oil tanker: MP
- Iran in reverse brain drain as top students come home in rising numbers
- Iran official calls for compensation for tanker seizure
- Iran hails N Korea for standing against ‘unilateral’ US demands
- Shia Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Ghadir
- North Korea praises Iran’s anti-US struggle
- Zarif says to meet French president Friday
- Iranian court hearing case of UK oil tanker
- Over half of Japanese voters oppose joining US-led anti-Iran coalition in Persian Gulf: Poll
- IME trade ups by 21 percent in July
- Finland backs INSTEX in defiance of US
- US anti-Iran policy in high seas harms Europeans: LA Times
- Iran, China confer on Syria
- Iran, Finland share views on Persian Gulf dialogue forum: Zarif
- Iran warns US against seizure of oil tanker
- Iraq eager to benefit from Iranian Police’s experience
- Iran planning 3rd step to reduce nuclear commitments: Spokesman
- Leader grants clemency to over 1,000 Iranian inmates
- Registration for Arbaeen Pilgrimage to begin in Iran on Friday
- Iran, Iraq agree to reopen Khosravi border crossing
- Iran deplores suicide attack at Kabul wedding hall
- Iran to hold int'l hand-woven carpets expo
- Zarif meets with Iran-Kuwait Friendship Group members
- Adrian Darya oil tanker not under any sanctions, says Iran envoy
- ‘Iran to stay in nuclear deal as long as its interests are met’
- India envoy happy with positive trend of trade with Iran
- Iran’s annual export of white meat tops 2.5m tons: Minister
- Iranian scientist discovers new state of matter
- Iran, Japan diplomats discuss bilateral ties
- Iran, Ansarullah, European representatives Yemen developments
- ‘Iran to become self-sufficient in producing aircraft engines'
- US issues seizure warrant for Iranian supertanker 'Grace 1'
- Neanderthal tooth unearthed near Iran’s Zagros mountain
- Iran’s Zarif due in Kuwait on Saturday
- US faces humiliating defeat after Gibraltar releases Iranian tanker: Envoy
- Spokesman rejects claim on Iran’s commitment in exchange for tanker release
- Zarif reacts to release of Iranian tanker in Gibraltar
- Israel, UAE engaged in secret talks on Iran arranged by US: Report
- US threatens visa ban as Iranian-operated tanker sets to sail from Gibraltar
- Enemies must factor Iran's global power in their calculations: IRGC's chief commander
- Trump’s administration conflicting messages to Iran baffle go-betweens: Report
- Gibraltar releases Iran-operated tanker despite US pressure
TEHRAN, January 12 - US President Donald Trump is expected to announce whether or not he will certify Iranian compliance with a 2015 international nuclear deal on Friday — a deadline he faces under domestic US law — amid warnings by other signatories to the deal for Washington not to undermine the international document.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Various reports citing sources familiar with the president’s decision have said he will certify Iranian compliance by the Friday deadline, allowing Congress to continue to waive sanctions under the deal while introducing new sanctions of his own.
On Friday, Reuters cited a person familiar with the decision as saying that the US president would extend the sanctions relief, leaving the accord intact for now.
He is, however, expected to give Congress and the Europeans a deadline to “improve” the JCPOA, which he had vowed to scrap, or Washington would pull of the accord, according to the source.
An Associated Press report had also said some of those new sanctions “could hit some firms and individuals whose sanctions were scrapped under the 2015 nuclear agreement.”
If any of the sanctions terminated under the deal are potentially re-imposed, a violation of the agreement will have occurred.
AP did not elaborate on the nature of the new restrictions but said they could allow the Trump administration to increase pressure on Iran “while not embarking on a frontal assault on the most central trade-offs of the nuclear agreement.”
Both on his presidential campaign trail and ever since taking office, he has been threatening to “tear up” the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world countries, including the US itself, which obliged the White House to relieve the sanctions.
That attitude has prompted far-and-wide criticism from the pact’s other signatories -- the UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany -- which argue that the multilateral deal is an international document, which cannot be scrapped by any single party.
Those cautioning Trump contend that the agreement, which lifted all such sanctions against Tehran in exchange for limits on its nuclear energy program, is a triumph of diplomacy and a pillar of regional and international peace.
On Thursday, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini together with foreign ministers of France, the US and Germany delivered a strong defense of the deal in separate statements, which were issued following a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Brussels.
Trump took his yet most audacious action aimed at harming the deal last October, when he refused to certify Iran’s commitment to the deal as he is periodically tasked by Congress to do.
The refusal came despite numerous reports by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, confirming Iran’s full compliance with the accord.
The Trump administration has so far imposed several rounds of bans trying to target Iran’s missile program, which Washington claims violates the “spirit” of the JCPOA.
Tehran says its missiles are not designed to carry a nuclear warhead and thus its missile work is not in violation of the deal.
The other parties to the JCPOA have warned the US not to link irrelevant issues to the nuclear accord.
Source: Presstv
Your Comment