The gathering of experts, held at the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Institute for
Political and International Studies, is the first session of the joint
commission of the JCPOA parties in Iran ever since the nuclear agreement was
struck in 2015.
Presence of American diplomats was apparently the main obstacle to holding such
meetings in Iran in the past, but the US administration’s withdrawal from the
multilateral agreement has made it possible for the diplomats to convene in
Tehran.
The most recent expert meeting between Iran and the Group 4+1 was held in
Austria’s Vienna in late May.
The ongoing session is expected to fix a date for a ministerial meeting, as
proposed by Iran during the May meeting in Vienna.
The agenda of the expert gathering in Tehran is to find a mechanism for
maintaining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action without the US and securing
Iran’s economic interests under the nuclear accord.
On May 8, US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the JCPOA, which
was achieved after years of negotiations among Iran and the Group 5+1, and
imposed a new wave of unilateral sanctions against Iran.
Recently, the foreign and finance ministers of Britain, France and Germany sent
a letter to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo, voicing "strong regret” about the Trump administration's decision to
withdraw from the deal.
The three European nations also asked Washington to "grant exemptions from US
sanctions for EU companies" that have been doing business with Iran since the
deal came into force in 2016.
Source: Tasnim News