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Sanctions to be removed this year – Iranian president

Politics Materials 27 October 2015 15:50 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that sanctions against Iran would be removed this year.
Sanctions to be removed this year – Iranian president

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 27

By Umid Niayesh - Trend:

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that sanctions against Iran would be removed this year.

He made the remarks during a meeting with Spain's new ambassador to Tehran Eduardo López Busquets on Oct. 27, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

It is planned that the sanctions against the Islamic Republic to be lifted by the end of 2015, Rouhani said.

The historic Iran nuclear deal between Tehran and the P5+1(the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany) came into effect Oct. 18 as Rouhani instructed the foreign ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) to begin implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Following that, the US President Barack Obama ordered the government to take steps towards lifting sanctions on Iran. The EU also began preparing to lift the trade sanctions against Tehran.

However the sanctions will remain in place until the IAEA confirms that Iran has fulfilled its commitments regarding its nuclear program.

High-ranking Iranian officials estimate that the work to comply with the JCPOA would take around two months.

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