President Rouhani during his weekly cabinet meeting that Iran would reciprocate U.S. actions on a JCPOA return. He stated: “If America lifts sanctions part by part or entirely, Iran will similar to the United States implement the nuclear deal part by part or entirely at once.”
Rouhani said the U.S. should take the first step on a JCPOA return. He stated: “Because America was the first to break the agreement it must be the first to return to the agreement. America must know that we are ready to implement the agreement.”
Rouhani added: “We are ready for a full for full implementation, or a part for part implementation. We are ready to fulfill all commitments for all commitments, and are also ready for a partial fulfillment of commitments for a partial fulfillment of commitments.”
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has sent some apparently mixed messages about his country’s intentions regarding its nuclear program. In early February, he vowed that once the United States completely lifted economic sanctions, Iran would return to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. But just two weeks later, Khamenei declared that Iran might enrich uranium up to 60 percent purity if the country needed it. Moreover, he has lent his support to a new law in the Iranian parliament putting an end to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s inspections of the country’s nuclear facilities.
Iran isn’t just playing hardball. Its toughened stance genuinely reflects the mood of a country that no longer sees the West as a likely economic partner. The reimposition of U.S. sanctions under President Donald Trump discredited for many ordinary Iranians the usefulness of diplomacy, even as it hardened a distribution of wealth that favors hard-liners. Washington may h
Rights groups urge Iran to reverse court order to shutter leading charity
More than a dozen human rights groups issue a joint statement stressing the importance of Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society
A volunteer with IAPSRS brings supplies to an impoverished household in Iran (Facebook/IAPSRS) By Published date: 11 March 2021 20:12 UTC | Last update: 3 weeks ago
More than a dozen international human rights groups have urged the Iranian government to overturn a court order that is set to dissolve one of the country s largest registered NGOs working against poverty.
The court ordered Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society (IAPSRS) to be shuttered after a 5 March ruling in favour of Iran s Ministry of Interior, which alleged that the organisation had deviated from its original mission and insulted religious beliefs.
Human Rights Watch and 14 other nongovernmental organizations are calling on the Iranian government to immediately overturn a court order to dissolve one of the country's largest registered NGOs working on poverty alleviation, calling the decision a "new assault" on independent associations.
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