Wang’s remarks came after the European Union (EU) and Iran yesterday jointly made an announcement of the “implementation day” of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the historic nuclear deal reached last July.
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At a joint press briefing with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the nuclear deal was now in force.
“Furthermore, the disastrous agreement will release more than $100 billion to Iran and allow it to continue exporting terrorism around the world”.
Amano said the report was issued after agency inspectors on the ground verified that Iran had carried out all measures required under the JCPOA to enable “Implementation Day” to occur.
Obama’s Republican opponents charge that it fails to do enough to ensure Iran will never get the bomb, a complaint shared by Israel, Iran’s arch foe widely assumed to have nuclear weapons itself.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the official implementation Saturday of the landmark deal reached between Tehran and six world powers has satisfied all parties except radical extremists.
The announcement also followed news of a prisoner swap between Iran and the United States in another sign of thawing relations between the two foes since the agreement was struck.
“We are a messenger of peace, stability and security in the region and the world”, he said.
Under the agreement, Iran is obliged to take steps to put it further away from developing a nuclear weapon while keeping a peaceful nuclear energy program.
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati, pastor Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari were supposed to be flown from Iran to Switzerland then brought to a U.S. military hospital in Germany, for medical treatment.
“Today, a country that threatens the existence of Israel, denies the Holocaust, destabilizes the Middle East, subjugates its own people and supports terror across the globe is being strengthened by the worldwide community”, said Yair Lapid, a member of the Knesset.
“Since the JCPOA was agreed in July past year, we have seen dozens of multinational companies extending their efforts in Iran, all of which have been jockeying for pole position in an effort to become an exclusive trade partner with Iran”.
“We have closely monitored the situation as it was widely expected the Iranian sanctions were soon to be lifted”, said an official at a refiner in Seoul.
Ram Ben-Barak, director-general of Israel’s Intelligence Ministry, predicted Iran would invest in economic recovery in the coming years while remaining able to restart its nuclear drive “overnight”.
“I am greatly relieved by the safe return of American prisoners from Iran”, she said in a statement.
Obama determined that Iran’s implementation of the pact “marks a fundamental shift in circumstances with respect to Iran’s nuclear program”, he wrote in the order, released by the White House.
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And it claims that it will produce 500,000 additional barrels of oil per day once the sanctions are lifted, rising to an extra one million barrels before the end of the year.
