BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 22. Iran has never abandoned the diplomatic framework regarding its nuclear program, the spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanani, said during the press conference in Tehran, Trend reports.
According to Kanani, Iran has used all its capabilities to lift US sanctions against Iran.
Kanani added that the sides that left the negotiating table were the US and its counterparts.
The spokesperson noted that Iran's efforts to lift sanctions continue in international meetings, UN meetings, and summits.
To note, the Comprehensive Plan of Joint Action on Iran's nuclear program was implemented between Iran and the P5+1 group (the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany) in January 2016. The US announced in May 2018 that it was withdrawing from the plan and imposed sanctions on Iran in November of the same year. Iran has announced that there will be no restrictions on the Iran nuclear deal in 2020.
In late 2020, the Iranian parliament adopted a strategic plan to counter the sanctions, citing the non-fulfillment of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed between Iran and six countries and the imposition of sanctions on Iran.
Based on the decision of the Iranian parliament, as of February 23, Iran stopped the implementation of additional measures and an additional protocol included in the nuclear deal. As a consequence, the monitoring mechanism of the IAEA was reduced by 20–30 percent.
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