FM Spox terms IAEA reports as best reference for reducing Iran’s JCPOA commitments
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said five steps of Iran on reducing nuclear-related commitments have been fully implemented and…
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Iran’s reducing nuclear commitments due to US violation: French diplomat
IRNA – The previous ambassador of France to the United States said Tehran’s reducing its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…
Iran atomic inspections continued at a record pace last year
Bloomberg – Iran’s nuclear program received record scrutiny last year from international monitors who triggered snap inspections in the Islamic Republic. The…
Macron calls on Iran to respect nuclear obligations: Elysee
Reuters – French President Emmanuel Macron called on Iran to respect its nuclear obligations in a conversation with President Hassan Rohani, adding…
IAEA is responsible to investigate information that it receives: Nephew
MNA | Javad Heirannia: Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of…
Iran triples stockpile of enriched uranium in breach of nuclear deal
The Guardian – Watchdog says country may also be storing material at three undeclared sites Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of…
IAEA questions, inspection demands lack legal basis: Iran nuclear spox
MNA – The inspections that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is asking for have no legal basis, said the spokesman of…
France calls on Iran to cooperate with international nuclear watchdog
Reuters – French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called on Iran to cooperate immediately and fully with international nuclear watchdog IAEA. Macron…
UN’s nuclear chief to Iran: Cooperate or face new crisis
Reuters – Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer…
UN nuclear watchdog plans alert on Iranian stonewalling – diplomats
Reuters – The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran’s nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for…
Iran warns of ‘final step’ on nuclear deal
Press TV – Iran says it could take a “final and more effective” step concerning its nuclear deal with world states if…
Europe needs to build on the Iran nuclear deal, not jettison it
The Guardian | Ali Vaez: Invoking the dispute resolution process has upped the stakes, and it risks escalating the crisis The three…
UN calls on parties to Iran nuclear deal to take effort to keep it in place
TASS – The United Nations calls on all parties to the Iran nuclear deal to spare no effort to keep it in…
Zarif urges E3 to stop 20 months of bowing to US diktat
Press TV – Iran’s foreign minister has urged the three European powers – France, Germany, and the UK – to stop bowing…
Europe accuses Iran of ‘violent action’, urges return to obligations
Press TV – The leaders of Britain, France and Germany have called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full…
Europe actually still has an important card to play on Iran
Bloomberg | Jonathan Tirone: Europe’s insistence on keeping a nuclear accord with Iran on life support after the U.S. walked away from…
German Chancellor urges all parties to back Iran nuclear deal
Reuters – German chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday repeated a call for all parties to respect the Iranian nuclear accord, despite Iran’s…
IAEA to continue monitoring activities in Iran
Tasnim – The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) inspectors will continue to carry out monitoring activities in Iran, the UN nuclear watchdog…
E3 states urge Iran to reverse nuclear countermeasures
Press TV – Britain, France, and Germany say they want Iran to reverse the countermeasures it has adopted in response to the…
Iran ends nuclear deal commitments as fallout from Soleimani assassinating spreads
The Guardian | Martin Chulov and Ghaith Abdul-Ahad: Iraqi parliament votes to expel US-led troops, while hundreds of thousands march in Iran…
Iran takes final JCPOA step, removing last limit on nuclear program
MNA – Iran has taken the fifth and last step in reducing commitments to the nuclear deal (JCPOA), removing the last operational…
Fifth JCPOA step to be decided tonight: FM spox
MNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said an “important” meeting will be held Sun. night to make decisions about the fifth…
Iran has no option but to reduce further JCPOA commitments: MP
MNA – In the current situation, Iran has no choice but to continue reducing its commitments to the nuclear deal (JCPOA), a…
JCPOA stuck in a swamp: Rezaei
MNA – “JCPOA is now stuck in a swamp due to some optimistic views and there is no way forward or backward,”…
UN shows ‘hypocrisy’ by carping about Iran’s scaleback measures: Analyst
Press TV – The nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers in 2015 — officially known as the Joint Comprehensive…
Iranian enriched uranium stocks reach 800 kg, authorities say
TASS – The Iranian stocks of enriched uranium has reached 800 kg, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi…
Iran to take next JCPOA step, Shamkhani warns Europe
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani warned the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal that…
Iran opens secondary circuit of Arak heavy water reactor
Press TV – The secondary circuit of Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor was to become operational on Monday, cutting further delays in…
Iran may not take fifth JCPOA step if INSTEX operationalized: MP
MNA – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’ National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnour said that if the EU-proposed INSTEX is…
Iran has to take further remedial action by reducing JCPOA commitments
IRNA – Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani said on Wednesday Iran has to take more remedial…
British foreign secretary accuses Iran of putting JCPOA at risk
MNA – In a tweet on Wednesday, British foreign secretary Dominic Raab accused Iran of taking steps which have endangered future of…
US reinstates sanctions on Fordow nuclear facility in Iran
TASS – The United States is reinstating its unilateral restrictions on the Iranian uranium enrichment facility in Fordow on December 15. All…
World powers press Iran to reverse nuke deal violations
AP | KIYOKO METZLER: World powers pressured Iran on Friday to reverse recent atomic activities that violate the landmark 2015 nuclear deal,…
Setting Iran deadlines ‘might not be the best idea’: new IAEA chief
Reuters – Setting Iran deadlines to explain how uranium particles were found in an undeclared Tehran warehouse could be counter-productive, the new…
Iran threatens to step back from UN nuclear watchdog
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Tehran warns it will reconsider IAEA commitments if EU states trigger possible sanctions Iran has warned it…
Diplomat defends Iran’s move to cut its JCPOA commitments
Press TV – Iran’s deputy foreign minister has defended the country’s move to scale back its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal…
Iran vows to respond to EU’s probable use of ‘trigger mechanism’
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that ‘dispute resolution mechanism’ which is also known as the trigger mechanism exists for…
Iran has evidence against IAEA inspector: Nuclear chief
Tasnim – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said there is evidence that an International Atomic…
Iran continues dismantling JCPOA nuclear restrictions
Al-Monitor | Alireza Noori: Iran is taking another step toward expanding its nuclear program by officially starting construction of the second unit…
Iran: Invoking nuclear deal’s dispute resolution mechanism impossible – TV
Reuters – Iran rejected as “irresponsible” France’s comments that Paris was seriously considering triggering a mechanism within the Iran nuclear deal that…