- Title: 'No changes to JCPOA' - Iran's Zarif
- Date: 24th September 2019
- Summary: UNITED NATIONS (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, SAYING: JOURNALIST ASKING: "Mr. Zarif, are you open to changes to the JCPOA?" JAVAD ZARIF: "No changes to JCPOA." ZARIF LEAVING UNITED NATIONS
- Embargoed: 8th October 2019 20:10
- Keywords: EU U.S. Iran Nuclear Deal JCPOA Zarif Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
- Location: UNITED NATIONS
- City: UNITED NATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,United Nations
- Reuters ID: LVA001AY0R70N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters at the United Nations on Tuesday (September 24) that there are "no changes to JCPOA."
France, Britain and Germany are party to the 2015 deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Under the JCPOA, Iran is allowed limited research and development on advanced centrifuges, which accelerate the production of fissile material that can be used to make a nuclear bomb. Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons.
European leaders have struggled to defuse a brewing confrontation between Tehran and Washington since U.S. President Donald Trump quit a deal last year that assures Iran access to world trade in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
The United States reimposed sanctions on Iran and sharply tightened them. Iran has responded by gradually breaching nuclear commitments made in the 2015 accord and has set an October deadline to further scale back its nuclear obligations unless the Europeans salvage the pact by shielding Tehran's economy from U.S. penalties.
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