Zarif said in a tweet: “Have our three European partner countries to the nuclear deal read paragraph 36 of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the many messages from Iran on this basis?”
“With what logic does Iran have the responsibility to stop its corrective measures taken a year after the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action? What did the group of European partners do to make us fulfill their duties?” Zarif added .
Paragraph 36 calls for referral of cases of non-compliance to the Joint Settlement Committee, and this process leads to consultations over a period of thirty-five days, which may lead the complainant to announce a “marked non-compliance” and suspend their obligations to the agreement. . .
At the end of the paragraph it says: “If the claimant believes that there is a fundamental breach, and if the problem is not resolved to the satisfaction of the claimant, then they will not be able to implement their obligations in the settlement in whole or in part, and submit a report to the Security Council on your total or partial departure from the agreement. “.
France, Germany and Britain, in a joint statement on Friday, called on Iran to immediately halt the production of uranium metal and to fully return to its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
All three countries condemned Iran’s decision to produce metallic uranium, viewing the matter as a violation of Iran’s obligations to the international community. “We strongly urge Iran to stop these activities without delay and to take no further measures inconsistent with its nuclear program,” he added.
And it considered that breaches of its obligations by Iran would lead to obstruction of diplomacy and thus prevent the implementation of the objectives of the nuclear agreement, and the three countries also reaffirmed that Iran does not have a civil justification for these activities, which are a fundamental step in the process. develop a nuclear weapon.
The International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Iran had started producing metallic uranium in violation of the nuclear deal, noting that metallic uranium is an essential material in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
For its part, Tehran said the goal behind this is to design a better kind of nuclear fuel that will only serve peaceful purposes.
