MPs to Discuss Halting Additional Protocol
TEHRAN (Dispatches) – A senior lawmaker said Saturday the parliament plans to discuss withdrawal from the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and resuming heavy water production.
The measure is Iran’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran and his decision to reimpose all sanctions lifted under the deal on the Islamic Republic, MP Mojtaba Zonnour told Tasnim news agency.
"When Donald Trump announced that he was going to walk away from the JCPOA, a number of MPs and I drafted a plan to counter this move by the U.S. president, and presented it to the presiding board of the parliament with 86 signatures,” he said.
The motion is still on the agenda and will be raised at an open session of the parliament, the lawmaker said.
According to the motion, if the Europeans fail to provide the necessary guarantees after the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, the Iranian administration should stop voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol, he added.
Zonnour said the Iranian government is also obliged to continue uranium enrichment and heavy water production as required and consider leaving the NPT whenever needed.
A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that Iran has continued to implement all its commitments under the nuclear deal despite the U.S. sanctions.
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said last October that the Islamic Republic would remain committed to its obligations under the Additional Protocol as long as the nuclear deal was respected.
Iran in 2006 ended voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty that allowed for short notice IAEA inspections of its nuclear sites, after being referred to the UN Security Council.
The country resumed implementing the protocol under the nuclear agreement with the West as well as China and Russia.
The measure is Iran’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran and his decision to reimpose all sanctions lifted under the deal on the Islamic Republic, MP Mojtaba Zonnour told Tasnim news agency.
"When Donald Trump announced that he was going to walk away from the JCPOA, a number of MPs and I drafted a plan to counter this move by the U.S. president, and presented it to the presiding board of the parliament with 86 signatures,” he said.
The motion is still on the agenda and will be raised at an open session of the parliament, the lawmaker said.
According to the motion, if the Europeans fail to provide the necessary guarantees after the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, the Iranian administration should stop voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol, he added.
Zonnour said the Iranian government is also obliged to continue uranium enrichment and heavy water production as required and consider leaving the NPT whenever needed.
A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that Iran has continued to implement all its commitments under the nuclear deal despite the U.S. sanctions.
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said last October that the Islamic Republic would remain committed to its obligations under the Additional Protocol as long as the nuclear deal was respected.
Iran in 2006 ended voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty that allowed for short notice IAEA inspections of its nuclear sites, after being referred to the UN Security Council.
The country resumed implementing the protocol under the nuclear agreement with the West as well as China and Russia.