{"id":233462,"date":"2021-01-21T04:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T09:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=233462"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:21:15","slug":"with-ongoing-violations-of-nuclear-deal-iran-is-looking-for-new-signs-of-impunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/with-ongoing-violations-of-nuclear-deal-iran-is-looking-for-new-signs-of-impunity\/","title":{"rendered":"With Ongoing Violations of Nuclear Deal, Iran Is Looking for New Signs of Impunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several weeks ago, the Iranian parliament passed a bill that essentially stamped an expiration date on the nuclear deal which European policymakers have been struggling to preserve and restore since the US pulled out of it in 2018. But figures like Josep Borrell, the European Union\u2019s head of foreign policy, have insisted they remain committed.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that commitment has come to entail turning a blind eye to provocative gestures by Iranian authorities. The parliamentary vote on the deal\u2019s future is only one of the latest examples. It mandated that the Iranian nuclear facilities resume enriching uranium to 20 percent fissile purity if the US continued to apply sanctions that had previously been suspended with the deal\u2019s implementation. That step has since gone forward, but the law further stipulates that Tehran will kick out inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency if the issue remains unresolved past February 20.<\/p>\n

There is no question that the purpose of this deadline is to amplify the pressure that European supporters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action are exerting on the deal\u2019s detractors, both within their own ranks and in the United States. Members of the Iranian parliament said as much during the process that led to the new law being adopted at the start of December. The bill was promoted as a preferred way of bringing an end to sanctions, and this perspective was echoed by none other than regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who proclaimed that Tehran would have to take its own steps toward that end, since foreign adversaries would never remove the sanctions on their own.<\/p>\n

Those threats are certainly underscored by the fact that Iran has carried out five military drills in three weeks, all of which have emphasized aspects of Iran\u2019s missile defense capabilities. The country\u2019s stockpile of ballistic missiles, in particular, is the region\u2019s largest. And advanced models of that type of weapon are capable of carrying the nuclear warhead that Iran is suspected of having worked on in years past.<\/p>\n

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NCRI reveals: Iran\u2019s New Centers To Continue Nuclear Activities - October 16, 2020<\/div><\/div>
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