Iran set to put nuclear deal in motion after Guardian Council ratification
State television announced the decision by the Guardian Council, one of the top leadership bodies in Iran’s cleric-ruled system. And, according to the Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, it will become law on October 19th.
On Tuesday, Iran’s parliament approved the nuclear agreement with 161 votes in favor and 59 against, while 13 MPs abstained from the vote.
Under a landmark July deal between Iran and six major powers, Iran will dramatically scale down its nuclear activities in order to render any effort to make an atomic bomb virtually impossible.
But Politico also repeated familiar reports about White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest tempering the administration’s statements on the Emad test by insisting that such violations are completely separate from the nuclear agreement between Iran, the U.S., and five other world powers.
The nuclear watchdog said IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano would issue a final assessment by December 15.
But in the Tuesday hearing, Zarif told the chamber’s national security committee that his handshake hadn’t really been meant for him, because President Obama had actually sought to shake hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the reformist daily Aftab-e Yazd reported, citing the semi-official ISNA agency.
An amendment to the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 powers stipulates that Israel’s nuclear program should be eliminated.
The world’s fifth-largest crude importer brought 800,111 tonnes of Iranian crude in September, or 195,494 barrels per day (bpd), compared with 558,357 tonnes, a year ago, preliminary data from its customs office showed on Thursday.
Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post journalist with dual US-Iranian citizenship, has languished for over a year in an Iranian prison, on dubious charges.
A few USA sanctions not related to the nuclear file will remain in place, but that has not deterred foreign business delegations that have flocked to Tehran ahead of the expected opening of markets in the oil-rich nation of 80 million people.
Sanctions. The United States and the European Union are committed to lifting punishing sanctions on trade, investment and energy after Iran takes steps such as storing its centrifuges and redesigning a heavy-water nuclear reactor.