Iran nuclear chief meets acting IAEA chief, complains of Europe failure to meet JCPOA commitments

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Publish Date: 16:24 - 08 September 2019
TEHRAN, Sept 08 -Iran’s nuclear chief has criticized the European signatories to a 2015 nuclear agreement for failing to honor their legal commitments to Tehran, adding that the multinational accord is “no one-way street.”

Iran nuclear chief meets acting IAEA chief, complains of Europe failure to meet JCPOA commitmentsTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi made the remarks in a meeting with Acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Cornel Feruta in Tehran on Sunday.

The European Union was supposed to “fill the vacuum” created by the US’s withdrawal last year from the Iran deal, but unfortunately it has failed to keep that promise, Salehi said. The deal “is no one-way street; it was supposed to be a two-way path,” the senior Iranian official added.

He also defended the three steps that Iran has taken since May in suspending parts of its commitments under the deal in retaliation for Washington’s withdrawal and Europe’s failure to protect Iran against the sanctions that the US re-imposed on Iran in the aftermath of its exit.

Iran’s countermeasures are “due decisions” made “in due time,” the AEOI head added. Feruta arrived in the Iranian capital on Sunday morning for talks with Salehi, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani. Feruta and Zarif have already met but details of the negotiations are not yet known.

source:presstv

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