Unic Press UK: The Iranian government in a statement Sunday announced that it would no longer abide with the hitherto operational limitation on nuclear industry agreed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as 2015 Iran Nuclear deal.
In a tweet, the Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran, Javad Zarif said “there will no longer be any restriction on [the] number of centrifuges.”
As 5th & final REMEDIAL step under paragraph 36 of JCPOA, there will no longer be any restriction on number of centrifuges
This step is within JCPOA & all 5 steps are reversible upon EFFECTIVE implementation of reciprocal obligations
Iran's full cooperation w/IAEA will continue
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 5, 2020
Tehran has been rolling back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal after Washington unilaterally pulled out of the JCPOA in May 2018 and imposed a range of scathing sanctions against Iran.
In effect, Tehran has taken 5 steps so far with regard to degrading its commitment to the nuclear deal.
“As a first step, Iran increased its enriched uranium stockpile to beyond the 300 kilograms set by the JCPOA. In the second step, Tehran began enriching uranium to purity rates beyond the JCPOA limit of 3.76 percent. In the third phase, after the Europeans failed to meet a 60-day deadline to meet Iran’s demands and fulfill their commitments under the deal, Iran started up advanced centrifuges to boost the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium and activated 20 IR-4 and 20 IR-6 centrifuges for research and development purposes. In November, Iran began injecting gas into centrifuges at the Fordow plant as part of its fourth step away from the JCPOA under the supervision of the IAEA”, the Press TV reports.
