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Iran eyes to form committee to review EU draft proposal for JCPOA

Nuclear Program Materials 15 August 2022 17:32 (UTC +04:00)
Iran eyes to form committee to review EU draft proposal for JCPOA

TEHRAN, Iran, August 15. The Iranian Parliament's National Security Commission to form a committee to review details of the EU proposed new draft text to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), member of parliament's National Security Commission Mahmoud Abbaszadeh told Trend.

The EU's proposed draft for nuclear talks should be reviewed by the parliament, he said adding that the National Security Commission is expected to form a committee to work on the text to see if it considers the Iranian redlines.

Abbaszadeh, a member of the National Security Commission expressed his dissatisfaction with the process of negotiations.

According to the MO, Iran had the upper hand and it could gain more benefits in talks.

He pointed out that the parliament and National Security Commission have not received the final text yet.

The MP has indicated that the other parties seek to reduce Iran's advantages and erode the nuclear talks to weaken the country's economy.

"The MPs must review the text before it will eventually be approved as legislation," he said.

The EU announced it had put forward a "final" text following four days of indirect talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Vienna. A senior EU official said no more changes could be made to the text, which has been under negotiation for 15 months.

In January 2016, JCPOA was launched between Iran and the P5+1 group (US, Russia, China, UK, France, and Germany) in connection with Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the deal and imposed sanctions on Iran in November of the same year.

To preserve the agreements reached as part of the JCPOA, the European signatories of the deal started in January 2019 that a financial mechanism for maintaining trade with Iran called INSTEX was formed.

On May 8, 2019, Iran announced that it had ceased fulfilling its commitments regarding the sale of over 300 kilograms of uranium, as stated in the deal, basing its decision on the other signatories that have not fulfilled their obligations. On July 7, Iran announced that it will not be fulfilling its commitments regarding the enrichment of uranium at 3.67 percent and the reconstruction of the Arak Heavy Water Reactor Facility as stated in the deal.

Iran announced that it will enrich uranium using next-generation centrifuges and will not mix it with the enriched uranium residues as part of the third step of reducing commitments in JCPOA on Sept.5.

On Nov. 5, 2019, Iran announced that it took the fourth step in connection with reducing its commitments to the nuclear agreement. So, uranium gas is being pumped to the centrifuges at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. On Jan.2020, Iran took the last fifth step in reducing the number of its commitments within JCPOA.

As reported, in late 2020, the Iranian parliament has decided to implement a strategic plan to tackle the sanctions, citing the non-implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed between Iran and six countries and the imposition of sanctions on Iran. According to the decision of the Iranian parliament, as of February 23, Iran suspended the implementation of additional steps and an additional protocol provided for in the nuclear deal.

The US imposed new sanctions on Iran in November 2018. Over the past period, the sanctions affected Iranian oil exports, more than 700 banks, companies, and individuals.

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