China News Service, February 2-According to a report from the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency on the 2nd, a spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Iran is waiting for the United States to take relevant measures to effectively lift sanctions against Iran.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Khatibzad held a regular press conference. When answering questions about the United States' return to the Iran nuclear agreement, Khatibzad said that Iran is waiting for the United States to take relevant measures to effectively lift sanctions against Iran.
The so-called "effective" means that the Iranian side needs to see the actual actions of the United States and its results. Merely signing documents cannot automatically return the United States to the Iran nuclear agreement.
At the same time, Khatibzad stated that Iran has made it clear on several occasions that bilateral dialogue with the United States is unnecessary, and Iran will not do so.
He said that according to the "Anti-Sanctions Strategy Law" promulgated by the Iranian parliament, there are only a few weeks left before the time limit established by the law. If the relevant parties still fail to take effective measures, Iran will take the next step.
According to Article 6 of the Anti-Sanctions Strategy Law, if the signatories of the Iranian nuclear agreement violate the content of the agreement, the relationship between Iran and international banks is not fully normalized, the export obstacles of Iranian petroleum and chemical products are not completely eliminated, and Iran cannot obtain oil quickly. Income, Iran will suspend voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement two months after the law takes effect.
At the same time, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that if Iran suspends the implementation of the additional protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement, the verification activities related to the additional protocol will be suspended, but this does not mean that Iran will expel all inspectors. Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency Cooperation will not stop.
In July 2015, Iran reached a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany.
According to the agreement, Iran promised to restrict its nuclear program and the international community lifted sanctions against Iran.
In May 2018, the US government unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement, and subsequently restarted and added a series of sanctions against Iran.
Since May 2019, Iran has gradually suspended the implementation of some of the terms of the agreement, but promised that the measures taken are "reversible."
On January 27 this year, the new U.S. Secretary of State Blinken stated that as long as Iran re-complied with the Iran nuclear agreement, the Biden administration was willing to ease the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Iran.