SNSC Spokesman: Iran to Continue Step-by-Step Modification of Nuclear Deal Undertakings

Date: 28 May 2019 - 22:09

News ID: ۶۶۴۸۴

TEHRAN (Fars) - Spokesman of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Keivan Khosravi on Tuesday said that his country will continue its staged reduction of undertakings under the 2015 nuclear deal until the trend of its oil sales and banking ties is back to normal.
"As the honorable president declared, concurrent with the SNSC statement, Iran will continue subsequent and staged steps to stop nuclear deal undertakings based on the UNSC statement until the status quo of its oil sales and banking transactions return to the conditions that prevailed before the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal," Khosravi wrote in a memo.
Washington withdrew from the internationally-endorsed 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, reimposed the toughest-ever sanctions against the country and started a plan to zero down Tehran's oil sales.
Under the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and six world powers in July 2015, Tehran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions.
In 2018, all the other signatories — Russia, China, Germany, France, the UK, and the EU — refused to follow the U.S. example and confirmed their commitment to the accord, trying to save the deal with the Islamic Republic.
Iranian officials then warned that the European Union’s failure in providing the needed ground for Tehran to enjoy the economic benefits of the nuclear deal would exhaust the country's patience.
Yet, Iran continued compliance with deal, stressing that the remaining signatories to the agreement had to work to offset the negative impacts of the U.S. pullout for Iran if they want Tehran to remain in compliance.
Europeans' honesty in dealing with the Iran nuclear deal has always been seriously doubted by Iranian masses that were discontent with talks with European states.