JCPOA Implementation Commission to Discuss Anti-Iran Law
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The joint commission monitoring the implementation of the 2015 nuclear accord between Tehran and six world powers is to hold a meeting in Vienna, Austria, to discuss Washington's extension of an anti-Iran sanctions law.
The monitoring body will convene for a sixth meeting on Tuesday, with deputies and political directors from Iran and the P5+1 - Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany -- as well as European Union Political Director Helga Schmid in attendance.
It held its first edition in October 2015, months after the two sides inked the landmark nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA].
The JCPOA, which took effect in January 2016, removed nuclear-related sanctions against Iran in exchange for the Islamic Republic placing certain limits on its nuclear program.
Prior to the Tuesday meeting, Iranian experts met their counterparts from other delegations, including the Americans.
A taskforce, which has been set up to monitor sanctions relief, meanwhile, met on Monday, and is to report to the commission as it meets.
This time, the commission is convening at Iran's request to address Washington's decision to extend an anti-Iran sanctions law, a move Tehran has slammed as a violation of the nuclear deal.
Last December, the US Congress voted to extend Iran Sanctions Act [ISA] for another 10 years.
The law, which authorizes the US president to re-impose the bans, was first adopted in 1996 to punish investments in the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program and its support for anti-‘Israeli' resistance groups.
Outgoing US President Barack Obama later declined to sign the bill, but White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he had decided to allow the legislation to become law without his signature.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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