JCPOA implementation day in January: Russia
The Russian envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he expects that a nuclear agreement reached between Iran and six world powers will be implemented in January.
On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany – managed to finalize the text of a nuclear agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Under the JCPOA, limits will be put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.
During his visit to Tehran on November 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree lifting the ban on supplying Iran with equipment for uranium enrichment. The lifting of the ban is linked to Russia importing enriched uranium from Iran. The decision to export low-enriched uranium from Iran to Russia was reached within the framework of the JCPOA.
Speaking to reporters in Vienna on Monday, Russia’s envoy to the UN nuclear agency Vladimir Voronkov said this swap will be done before the end of the year. Tehran says it will implement the nuclear agreement once the file is completely closed.
The IAEA’s Board of Governors is set to hold a meeting on December 15 to make a final decision on Iran’s nuclear case. “We hope by the end of the day this draft resolution will be distributed for all member states of IAEA," Voronkov said following a meeting with envoys from the United States, China, France, Britain, Germany, the European Union and Iran in Vienna.
In response to a question whether he expects Iran will be satisfied with the resolution, he said, "It looks like it."
In its latest report on December 2, the UN nuclear monitoring body said it has found no indications of the diversion of nuclear material for non-civilian objectives in Iran's nuclear program.
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