Obama's directive comes 90 days after the UN Security Council endorsed the Iran accord -- formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) -- a milestone referred to as "Adoption Day."
"I hereby direct you to take all appropriate additional measures to ensure the prompt and effective implementation of the US commitments set forth in the JCPOA, in accordance with US law," Obama said in a memorandum.
"This is an important day for all of us and a critical first step in the process of ensuring that Iran's nuclear program will be exclusively for peaceful purposes," Secretary of State John Kerry added in a statement.
But no sanctions will be lifted immediately -- full relief will come not on "adoption day" but on "implementation day," the point when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is able to certify that Iran has fully complied with its end of the bargain.
Iran says ready to start 'huge task' of dismantling centrifuges
Iran on Sunday notified the IAEA that it would apply a protocol granting inspectors greater access to its nuclear sites, a further step in the implementation of a historic deal struck with world powers, the UN nuclear watchdog said.
The announcement came as the European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif were set to make a statement on the lifting of crippling sanctions on Tehran, as part of the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed in Vienna in July.
"On October 18, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency was informed by the Islamic Republic of Iran that... Iran will provisionally apply the Additional Protocol to its Safeguards Agreement, pending its ratification by the (parliament)," the IAEA said in a statement.
Sunday, the so-called "adoption day", marks 90 days after Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China reached an agreement under which most sanctions on Iran would be lifted in exchange for limits on Tehran's nuclear activities.
Iran is expected within days to start dismantling parts of its nuclear facilities and reducing its uranium stockpiles under international supervision.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's nuclear agency, told state television he was awaiting President Hassan Rouhani's order to remove thousands of centrifuges from atomic sites at Natanz and Fordo.
The rendering of the centrifuges -- fast-spinning machines that enrich uranium -- was part of a July 14 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, between Iran and six world powers to end a 13-year dispute over Tehran's atomic activities.
The actual lifting of the crippling economic sanctions will take effect around the end of the year, after the IAEA certifies that Iran has met its commitments under the July 14 agreement............http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/89433-151018-sunday-marks-start-of-iran-deal-implementation
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Nucléaire iranien: Obama ordonne de préparer la suspension des sanctions ...
ReplyDeleteLe président américain, Barack Obama, a formellement demandé dimanche à son administration de préparer la suspension des sanctions américaines contre l'Iran, en vertu de l'accord nucléaire signé le 14 juillet par Téhéran et les grandes puissances.
La journée de dimanche, qualifiée de "journée de l'adoption", marque la fin de la période de 90 jours suivant l'adoption par le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU d'une résolution approuvant le pacte diplomatique. "Je vous demande par la présente de prendre toutes les mesures supplémentaires appropriées pour l'application effective des engagements américains énumérés" dans l'accord nucléaire, a déclaré Barack Obama dans un mémorandum.
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Obama ordenó comenzar con los preparativos para levantar las sanciones contra Irán...
ReplyDeleteEl memorando de Obama, divulgado por la Casa Blanca y dirigido a sus secretarios de Estado, Tesoro, Comercio y Energía, pide preparar el terreno para el levantamiento de las sanciones, algo que no ocurrirá hasta que se haya verificado que Irán está cumpliendo su parte del acuerdo en aproximadamente dos meses.
Obama destacó en el memorando que su orden será efectiva después de la "confirmación" por parte de su secretario de Estado, John Kerry, de que "Irán ha implementado las medidas nucleares" especificadas en el acuerdo, reprodujo la agencia de noticias EFE......telam.com.ar