Berlin, London and Paris urge Iran ‘to end nuclear escalation’
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Germany, the United Kingdom and France called on Iran on Thursday to accept the nuclear deal that has been on the table since March, while Tehran informed the International Security Agency earlier. energy of the “withdrawal of 27 cameras” from surveillance of its nuclear activities.
Berlin, London and Paris on Thursday (June 9) called on Iran “to end the nuclear escalation” and “to now urgently accept the deal on the table” since March to resuscitate the 2015 pact supposed to prevent the Iran to manufacture the atomic bomb, according to a joint declaration.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier denounced Iran’s decision to withdraw 27 surveillance cameras from its nuclear activities, fearing the move could deal a ‘fatal blow’ to nuclear talks Iranian in Vienna.
Regarding the agreement on the table since March, “we regret that Iran has not yet seized this diplomatic opportunity,” said the three countries in this statement sent by the German Foreign Ministry. “We call on Iran to do so immediately.”
Iran has informed the IAEA of the “withdrawal of 27 cameras” monitoring nuclear activities, the UN agency announced on Thursday, in response to the adoption of a resolution critical of Tehran.
“We condemn” Tehran’s decision, affirming Berlin, London and Paris. “This aggravates the situation and complicates our efforts to restore” the 2015 agreement that provided for the limitation of Iranian nuclear activities in exchange for an easing of international sanctions.
“Additional scepticism”
This pact has been moribund since the withdrawal in 2018 of the United States which reimposed punitive measures on Tehran.
The Iranian move also “fuels further skepticism about Iran’s interest in seeing the deal through,” according to the text of the statement.
The IAEA has canceled and monitored the implementation of commitments made by Iran under the nuclear agreement reached in 2015 in Vienna with the major powers.
Talks were launched a year ago in the Austrian capital to try to reintegrate the United States into this pact denounced in 2018 by former US President Donald Trump and bring Iran back to full compliance with its international commitments concerning its nuclear program.
With AFP