TEHRAN, April 25, YJC - Deputy foreign ministers of Iran and P5+1 met in Vienna in the the 7th scheduled meeting of the the two sides Joint Commission, which monitors the implementation of the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The Iranian delegation is led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi and Deputy Foreign Minister for American and European Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi.
They separately met with Secretary General of European External Action Service (EEAS) Helga Schmid, as well as Chinese and Russian delegations.
The sixth meeting of the commission was held in Vienna in January and the participants emphasized the need for all relevant parties to honor their obligations under the JCPOA, particularly those related to the lifting of anti-Iran sanctions.
In a press release that was issued after the meeting, the Joint Commission said that "all sides reaffirmed their strong commitment to continue full and effective implementation of the JCPOA.”
Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia - plus Germany signed the JCPOA on July 14, 2015 and started implementing it on January 16, 2016.
Under the agreement, limits were put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related bans against the Islamic Republic.
The IAEA has on multiple occasions confirmed Iran’s adherence to its commitments under the JCPOA.