Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that his country would review its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations if Tehran faced what he described as "any unfair measures", after countries in the European Union decided last week to activate the dispute settlement mechanism under the nuclear agreement Done in 2015.
And the official television quoted Larijani as saying: "We say it explicitly that if the European powers, for any reason, follow an unfair approach in using the dispute settlement mechanism, we will seriously reconsider our cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency."
France, Britain and Germany decided to activate the mechanism stipulated in the agreement after Tehran continued to distance itself from the agreement by reducing its nuclear obligations in response to re-imposing US sanctions on it after Washington withdrew from the agreement in 2018.
Iran announced last week that it would not adhere to the restrictions of uranium enrichment, but said it would continue to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The mechanism's activation amounts to formally accusing Iran of violating the terms of the agreement and may lead to re-imposing sanctions.
For its part, the British government said in a statement yesterday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron, during their meeting in Berlin, confirmed their commitment to the Iranian nuclear agreement and agreed on the need to develop a long-term framework to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and they also agreed on the importance of Not escalating and working with international partners to find a diplomatic path to confront the current tension.
Britain and France reaffirm their commitment to the nuclear agreement and the importance of non-escalation.