News ID: 2100
Publish Date:26 July 2017 - 13:02
US Congress sanctions bill violates JCPOA
TEHRAN (Basirat) :Iran’s Deputy FM Araghchi said Wed. that the US Congress sanctions bill on Iran is a “hostile move” and in "clear violation" of the nuclear deal.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday in reaction to US Congress’s sanctions
bill on Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Abbas
Araghchi said Iran will prepare a response to the US hostile move.
The US House of Representatives voted unanimously on Tuesday on a sanctions bill
against Iran, Russia and North Korea. The Republican-controlled Senate passed an
earlier version of the bill with near-unanimous support. The House added the
North Korea measure, and the bill now needs to be passed by the Senate before
ending up on president's desk for final approval.
Araghchi went on to add, "the new sanctions include non-nuclear issues but
undermine the implementation of JCPOA provisions, and as such, the bill is
inconsistent with the commitments under the nuclear deal.”
"The new sanctions are against the predicted obligations under the JCPOA,” he
stressed.
To a question about Trump’s announcement on abrogating Iran’s commitment to
JCPOA next time, Araghchi said "the US administration has confirmed Iran’s
commitment to the nuclear deal twice in the past six months and has another
chance to confirm it in three months.”
SOURCE: ALALAM