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Iran Nuclear Deal Parties 'United in Resolve' to Preserve Agreement

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   A European Union official leading talks among Iran and a group of five
   world powers Tuesday said the participants are committed to keeping
   alive the 2015 nuclear deal that restricted Iran's nuclear program in
   exchange for sanctions relief.

   Helga Schmid tweeted after the meeting in Vienna that "participants are
   united in resolve to preserve the #IranDeal and find a way to ensure
   full implementation of the agreement despite current challenges."

     Just finished chairing [1]#JCPOA Joint Commission. Important to see
     that participants are united in resolve to preserve the [2]#IranDeal
     and find a way to ensure full implementation of the agreement
     despite current challenges. [3]pic.twitter.com/uO5bDdTlCA
     -- Helga Maria Schmid (@HelgaSchmid_EU) [4]September 1, 2020

   "All participants reaffirmed the importance of preserving the agreement
   recalling that it is a key element of the global nuclear
   non-proliferation architecture, as endorsed by United Nations Security
   Council Resolution 2231," Schmid said in a later statement.

   The deal came under stress last year whenIranannouncedwould takestepsto
   walkaway from its commitments,complaining it was not getting the
   promised economic relief after the United States imposed fresh
   sanctions.

   Those sanctions came after the Trump administration withdrew from the
   agreement in 2018, arguing it did too little to prevent Iran from
   developing nuclear weapons while giving the country too much in
   sanctions relief.

   Iran has denied it worked to build nuclear arms, and says it is able
   and prepared to reverse the actions it has takento backaway from the
   deal. Tehranhas surpassed limits on the amount of enriched uranium
   itcanhold at one timeas well as the level to which itis allowed
   toenrich thematerial andhas installed more advanced centrifuges.

   Representatives from Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany all
   took part in Tuesday's talks, the latest in their efforts to salvage
   theagreement.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/JCPOA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/hashtag/IranDeal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://t.co/uO5bDdTlCA
   4. https://twitter.com/HelgaSchmid_EU/status/1300796980474662912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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