Alwaght - Iran says the UN Security
Council (UNSC) is to terminate all anti-Iran resolutions upon the conclusion of
a final nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group.
The UN body will adopt a new resolution, terminating all the six
nuclear-related resolutions -- as soon as Tehran and the group, comprising
Russia, China, France, Britain, the US, and Germany, strike the accord, Iran's
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Iranian state television late
Saturday.
Iran and the P5+1 along with officials from the European Union
reached a mutual understanding on Tehran’s nuclear program after eight days of
marathon talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.
According to a joint statement, considered the basis for a final
nuclear deal, the two sides have devised a mechanism to lift sanctions after
the agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is
reached by the end of June.
The joint statement read by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif in Persian late Thursday stipulates implementation of the JCPOA
shortly after its adoption as a United Nations Security Council resolution.
It has been clearly stated that all UNSC resolutions will be
terminated from the day of agreement, Zarif said, in his joint statement
with the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini,
He also said all US sanctions, including banking and oil
sanctions, would be lifted as soon as the final deal comes into effect.
“They thought that, through adoption of the strictest and
heaviest United Nations, US, and EU sanctions, they (could) force Iran to
surrender.”
Incongruity in US factsheet
The Iranian senior diplomat stressed that sanctions will be
terminated, not suspended, and criticized the US, saying the fact sheet
Washington released is different from the joint statement.
“We officially protested to [US Secretary of State] Mr. [John]
Kerry for the statement of positions countering the Lausanne statement. The EU
representative has also protested to [US Under Secretary for Political Affairs]
Ms. [Wendy] Sherman why they have spoken contrary to their positions,” Zarif
said.
“In fact, the Americans brought what they desired in the fact
sheet".
Enrichment to go on
The Iranian minister said, based on the understanding reached in
Switzerland, Iran would continue its enrichment program with five thousand
centrifuges in the Natanz nuclear facility and a thousand centrifuges will also
be in Fordow.
He described the talks as very intense and difficult.
Diplomacy
Is The Best Course With Iran: Obama
US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that diplomacy was
the best option to deal with Iran's, two days after the conclusion of a
framework agreement with Teheran.
Iran and six world powers determined the outlines of a landmark
agreement which would potentially lift economic sanctions imposed on Iran.
As Obama gears up to sell US sceptics on the deal, he said he is
convinced talks are the best way forward.
"As President and Commander in Chief, I firmly believe that
the diplomatic option - a comprehensive, long-term deal like this - is by far
the best option," Obama said in his weekly address.
