Iran’s nuclear enrichment never stopped: JCPOA follow-up committee

The head of Iran’s JCPOA follow-up committee says his country has never stopped the enrichment of uranium even for a single day.

Abbas Araqchi, who is also a deputy foreign minister, added that Iran will restore its nuclear activities to a pre-JCPOA level if other parties refrain from honoring their commitments.

Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China — plus Germany started implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on January 16, 2016.

Under the agreement, Iran accepted to put limitations on its program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Tehran. “Not only was Iran’s nuclear program not halted by the JCPOA, but it continued on its path with more discipline and strength,” said Araqchi.
He went on to hail the people of Iran for their resistance against economic pressures resulting from the sanctions against Iran which forced the enemy to enter negotiations with Iran.

“Not one person in the Islamic Republic permitted a sector in the country to become crippled. These sanctions increased Iran’s strengths to a level that the enemy was forced to the negotiations table in order to find a solution,” he stressed.