"Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by the 2015 agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), under which international sanctions were lifted in exchange for limitations on Tehran's nuclear programme. From now on all of the provisions [of the 2015 deal], including the restrictions on the Iranian nuclear programme and the related mechanisms are considered terminated, Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement."
"Signed in Vienna by Iran, China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, the agreement hoped to end the years-long diplomatic standoff and mark the beginning of a new era in relations between Iran and the west. While the agreement officially expires on Saturday, it has been in disarray for years. In 2018, in his first term as president, Donald Trump upset his European allies by unilaterally taking the US out of the deal and reinstating sanctions."
Iran announced it is no longer bound by the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, declaring all provisions and restrictions on its nuclear programme terminated. The government said it nevertheless firmly expresses its commitment to diplomacy. The JCPOA was signed in Vienna by Iran, China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States to end a years-long diplomatic standoff and begin a new era in relations. The United States withdrew in 2018 and reinstated sanctions, prompting Tehran to accelerate its nuclear activities. European-led efforts to revive the deal failed. After a 12-day war in June, Iran's parliament refused cooperation with the IAEA, and Britain, Germany and France triggered the snapback process that re-imposed UN sanctions, enabling rapid automatic re-imposition of previously lifted measures.
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