Senior Cleric Hails Iran for Halting More JCPOA Commitments

Addressing a large and fervent congregation of the people in Tehran on Friday, Hojjatoleslam Haj Ali Akbari said, “The decision to scale down commitments to the JCPOA came a year after the US unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA and the European sides’ lack of practical measures to safeguard Iran’s economic interests in the face of the US sanctions.”

The senior cleric note that Iran’s 3rd step of cutting JCPOA commitments will be more fruitful than the previous steps.

In the first step last May, Iran reduced some of its commitments under the JCPOA, and gave a two-month window of opportunity to the European signatories to the JCPOA to fulfil their commitments.

The second step was taken in July and Iran further reduced its commitments to the nuclear deal, and gave another two-month window of opportunity to the Europeans to honor what they had promised as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Iran will not fully halt its commitments under the JCPOA, rather, the country will follow up its decision gradually and step by step.

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