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TEHRAN, Sept 05 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the country will expand its nuclear research and development as of September 6, setting aside the restrictions imposed on the country's R&D in the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Rouhani made the announcement in a press conference on Wednesday night, following a trilateral meeting with Iran's Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.
Since May, Iran has been suspending some of its commitments under the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was clinched between Tehran and world powers in 2015. The country has already rowed back on its nuclear commitments twice in compliance with articles 26 and 36 of the JCPOA.
According to Rouhani, the third step will be taken on Friday, September 6, after talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries did not bear "the desired result."
"We took the first step in reducing our commitments, and gave the P4+1 a two-month deadline. Then we went ahead with the second phase, giving them another two-month deadline. In the four-month period, we held negotiations with the P4+1, including the European Union and the three European countries in particular," Rouhani said.
However, he added, Iran did not achieve the desired result, and will thus take the third step on Friday.
In the third phase, Rouhani said, "the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) will be obliged to immediately start research and development on whatever technical needs the country has, and set aside all R&D commitments stipulated in the JCPOA."
The president said the AEOI is expected to expand its "R&D on various new centrifuges and whatever the country may need for uranium enrichment" at a fast pace.
"A major part of negotiations with the P5+1 (Russia, China, the US, the UK, France, and Germany) was focused on the R&D timing... All the R&D timings in the JCPOA to which we committed ourselves will be fully lifted as of Friday," Rouhani said.
"We will carry out whatever we need technically... under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and within a peaceful framework," he went on to say.
Rouhani at the same time stressed that the cuts are reversible if other parties to the JCPOA fulfill their obligations.
Source:presstv
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