Iran: EU support for JCPOA
Issue 1027
- 01 Dec 2016
| 1 minute read
Concerned that President-elect Donald Trump might junk the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 28 Council of the European Union members on 14 November issued a statement reiterating their strong support for the nuclear deal and determination “to develop further [the EU’s] relations with Iran”. The statement “notes that the International Atomic Energy Agency has issued four reports since Implementation Day [last January] verifying Iran’s nuclear related commitments”. It encouraged Iran “to ratify the additional protocol to its safeguards agreement” and underlined “the need for continued full and effective implementation of the JCPOA throughout the lifetime of the agreement”.
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