EC Secretary:

Iran to Reciprocate US Disloyalty to Nuclear Deal

RNA - Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezayee warned the US to fulfill its undertakings under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or wait for the resumption of full-scale nuclear activities by Tehran.

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Date: 12 November 2016 - 22:35

RNA - "The Islamic Republic of Iran will reciprocate violation or discarding of the JCPOA by the US," Rezayee said on Saturday.

He said that Iran will complete the enrichment cycle and will benefit the current nuclear deal with other members of the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) in long process of negotiations to review the JCPOA.

"Reviewing the JCPOA will be very much harmful to the US interests," Rezayee added.

In relevant remarks on Friday, Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi underlined that no US government can undermine the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany).

"The US president-elect Donald Trump cannot neglect the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and it has to abide by," Kamalvandi told reporters.

He said that the JCPOA is the outcome of diplomatic efforts of both sides, adding, "We have reached a place that both sides were relatively confident about its outcome."

Kamalvandi said that diplomacy of the US president-elect does not differ much from the former president.

Also on Friday, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini underlined that the EU is fully committed to the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran.

"We will do our best to implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or nuclear agreement between Tehran and the six world countries (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany)," Mogherini said after meeting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi in Brussels.

She also said that all the parties involved have to remain committed to the implementation of the deal reached between Iran and the six world powers in July 2015.

The second round of Iran-EU talks co-chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-e Ravanchi and Secretary General of the European External Action Service Helga Schmid was held in the Belgian capital on Thursday.

In this round of talks, the two delegations discussed a wide range of issues, including economic, trade, banking and energy issues as well as the environment, refugees and immigrants, drug control and natural disasters.

The two sides also discussed the latest regional developments, particularly what's going on in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan.

Part of the second round of Iran-EU talks was also focused on preliminary discussions about human rights issues.

The next round of Iran-EU talks is scheduled to be held in Tehran within the next six months.

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