France, Germany and Britain have urged Iran to consider diplomatic efforts to revive the 2015 deal on its nuclear program, return to the table and stop escalating nuclear tensions.
Pointing out that since last year, good-faith and intense negotiations have been carried out to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement, the statement said, “Since March 2022, there has been a viable agreement on the table. We regret that Iran did not seize this diplomatic opportunity to conclude the deal. We recommend doing this now. “We are ready to finalize the deal,” it said.
“Stop escalating nuclear tension”
Despite this, the statement stated that Iran has installed additional advanced centrifuges and started to dismantle the additional surveillance equipment installed at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) nuclear facilities.
“This jeopardizes the IAEA’s ability to restore information continuity on key parts of Iran’s nuclear program, including the production of centrifuges.
We condemn these steps and Iran’s response by announcing steps that will further reduce its cooperation with the IAEA. These steps only exacerbate the situation and complicate our efforts towards full implementation of the nuclear deal. It also casts doubt on Iran’s determination to achieve a successful outcome. We call on Iran to continue to implement all relevant monitoring and verification measures, to end the escalation of nuclear tensions and to urgently conclude the deal that is on the table to restore the nuclear deal while it is still possible.”
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the Iran nuclear agreement or the Iran memorandum, was signed between Iran and the P5+1 countries (USA, Russia, China, France, UK, Germany) and the European Union on 14 July 2015 in Vienna on Iran’s nuclear program. It was signed in.
Negotiations on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, which would halt Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, were interrupted in early March amid new demands from Russia, which invaded Ukraine.
In 2018, then-US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement, causing Tehran to begin violating its nuclear obligations nearly a year later.