Putin Signs UN Lifting of Sanctions on Iran

Date: 11 March 2016 - 21:52

News ID: ۲۴۸۶۳

MOSCOW (Sputnik) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree on Russia’s fulfillment of the UN resolution on Iran’s nuclear program.
According to the decree, Russia has been charged with complying with UN Resolution 2231, which was passed by the UN Security Council in July 2015. The resolution involves an action plan on Iran’s nuclear program.
On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 group of countries comprising Russia, the United States, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany, signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The agreement guarantees the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
In this picture released by the Iranian Fars News Agency, asurface-to-surface missile is launched during the Iranian Revolutionary Guards maneuver in an undisclosed location in Iran, Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Following the adoption of the JCPOA, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 2231, which prohibits Iran from engaging in activities related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
In January, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verified Iran’s compliance with the terms of the JCPOA. The confirmation led to the immediate lifting of UN, U.S. and EU sanctions linked to the country's nuclear program.
Meanwhile, the first delivery of Russia's S-300 missile defense system to Iran will take place in August or September this year, RIA news agency on Friday quoted Sergei Chemezov, the head of Russia's industrial conglomerate Rostec, as saying.
RIA quoted an unnamed source earlier as saying that first S-300 missiles would be shipped to Iran already in February.
Tehran also developed its domestically-built Bavar-373 air defense system, which was successfully test-fired in August 2014. The Bavar-373 long-range missile defense system, which is similar to the Russian S-300, has been manufactured by Iranian defense experts, and is capable of hitting air targets at a high altitude.
In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems.