The United States insists Iran’s ballistic missile tests violated U.N. sanctions sanctions that will remain in effect for at least eight more years under the terms of the nuclear accord. He did not give the amount of the transfers.
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Shortly after the IAEA announcement, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini announced in a joint statement that the implementation of the nuclear deal has officially been started. President Hassan Rouhani said today Iran should redouble efforts to attract foreign investment and liberalize its economy.
United Nations sanctions have been lifted against Iran because it was found to be in compliance with the nuclear agreement it struck with six major western powers that blocks its ability to use nuclear technology to build a bomb.
“Iran has been under sanctions so a lot of worldwide business practices are not as common there as they are in other emerging markets”, said Farhad Alavi, managing partner at Washington-based Akrivis Law Group.
“It shows that the United States has an addiction which has been very hard for it to overcome”, Zarif added, specifying, “Its addiction to pressure, addiction to coercion, addiction to sanctions”.
Iran has repeatedly announced that test of missiles is an issue relating to defense of its territorial integrity and has nothing to do with the JCPOA.
A Swiss plane left Iran on Sunday with Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post’s Tehran bureau chief; Saeed Abedini, a pastor from Idaho; and Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine from MI, as well as some family members.
Mr. Zarif led Iran’s delegation in the nuclear talks, working closely with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and counterparts from the European Union, France, Germany, the U.K., Russian Federation and China to reach the accord.
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When asked if there would be military conflict, Zarif said: “No. I think our Saudi neighbors need to realize that confrontation is in the interest of nobody”. “So you have a difference of views among various political actors, among various parts of the population”.
