Off the wire
• 1st LD-Writethru: Gas pipeline blast in C. China continues to burn, causing casualties  • Nigeria's northern state records 1.6 mln malnourished children: UNICEF  • Nigeria's basketball captain quits national team  • Rio 2016 to release 100,000 Olympic tickets  • Kenya's Safaricom woos foreign investors back to bourse  • South African stocks close weaker  • Spanish stock market rises 0.72 pct, closes at 8,545 points  • Norway oil production falls 8 pct year-on-year in June  • China urges U.S. Republican Party to stop groundless charges  • Iran threatens to reactivate uranium enrichment facilities: speaker  
You are here: 　 Home

UN chief calls for comprehensive implementation of Iran nuclear deal

Xinhua, July 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for comprehensive implementation of the agreement between Iran and major world powers on Iranian nuclear issues one year after the Security Council endorsed the deal.

On July 20 last year, the Security Council adopted a resolution to endorse the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), clinched between Iran and P5+1 -- Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States plus Germany.

According to the resolution, the council will terminate its sanctions on Iran upon receiving a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency that verifies Iran's fulfillment of its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA.

Sanctions termination date will be 10 years from the adoption of the resolution. And the council can reverse the sanctions lifting if Iran violates the agreement.

"Combined with a robust verification regime, the agreement ended one of the Security Council's strictest sanctions regimes, and provided Iran with the opportunity for greater engagement with the international community," said Ban in a statement.

Hailing the steps taken by Iran, the European Union and the United States under the JCPOA, Ban urged participants and UN member states to support the "full and effective" implementation of the deal, including delivering tangible benefits to the Iranian people.

"The JCPOA was a triumph of diplomacy for the resolution and prevention of conflict and which also strengthened global non-proliferation norms," said Ban.

"One year on, I remain certain that the JCPOA is the best way to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program and to realize the great aspirations of the Iranian people," he added. Enditem