Iran’s Zarif, EU’s Mogherini to Make Statement on Nuclear Deal Implementation
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will make a joint statement on the implementation of the Tehran nuclear program deal either late Friday or early Saturday, a source at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran told Sputnik.
"Positive information is coming from Vienna that the announcement of the text of the final statement on implementation of the nuclear deal will be made either tonight or tomorrow morning," the source said.
Also on Friday, a senior Iranian diplomat had said that "good news" will shortly be published on the implementation of a deal finalized back in July 2015.
“Be prepared for good news; beautiful moments in our beloved country’s history are going to happen,” Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Director General for the Political and International Affairs Hamid Baeidinejad said in a post on his Instagram account.
“I wish you were present in our sessions to witness the dignity and honor of our great nation,” he added in the post.
Earlier on Wednesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi predicted that implementation of a July nuclear deal between Tehran and the Sextet would start by Saturday, after the UN nuclear agency releases its final report.
“The (International Atomic Energy) Agency’s inspectors are supposed to issue their final report on Iran’s honoring of commitments until Friday. I believe the parties will perform their undertakings by Friday and Saturday and (then) the implementation day would be announced,” Araqchi said at the time.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (also known as E3+3 and P5+1) on July 14, 2015, reached a conclusion on a 159-page nuclear agreement that would terminate all sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear energy program after coming into force.
Afterwards, the 15-memebr United Nations Security Council passed a resolution that endorsed the JCPOA.
According to the UNSC Resolution 2231, all previous UNSC sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program will be terminated when the JCPOA takes effect.