With this decision, the Council of the EU extended the measures first taken at the UN level against people and institutions involved in activities in the nuclear field.
On October 17, the Council of the EU decided to continue restrictive measures against Iran as part of the sanctions regime for nuclear proliferation, in response to Iran’s violation of the terms of the JCPOA – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on nuclear program of Iran. This is reported on the website of the European Council.
The Council of the EU decided to take the necessary steps to extend the restrictive measures in accordance with the EU regime on (nuclear, – edit.) non-proliferation for Iran. The EU Council assesses that there are compelling reasons to refrain from lifting these restrictions on transition day (18 October 2023), as originally envisaged under the terms of the JCPOA. The EU Council’s decision is consistent with the provisions of UNSCR 2231 and the terms of the JCPOA, given that Iran has not complied with its own obligations under the JCPOA, as reported by the IAEA, since 2019, it said of the European Council.
With this decision, the Council of the EU continued the measures first taken at the UN level against persons and institutions involved in activities in the nuclear field or in the field of ballistic missile development, or involved in the activities of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
In addition, the EU Council agreed to extend EU sectoral and individual sanctions in relation to Iran’s nuclear non-proliferation violations, as well as violations of the arms and missile embargo.
These steps do not mean the introduction of additional EU sanctions against Iran. All EU sanctions against Iran already lifted under the JCPOA remain lifted.
Earlier, the media wrote that Great Britain and other European countries will announce plans to violate the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran for the first time, because the countries do not intend to lift sanctions against Tehran on the use of missiles.
As reported, Tehran sent an official response to Brussels on the proposed draft renewal of the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Source: korrespondent
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