UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to US President Joe Biden’s administration to lift or waive all sanctions on Iran as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal.
In a report to the UN Security Council, Guterres also urged the United States to “extend the waivers with regard to the trade in oil with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and fully renew waivers for nuclear non-proliferation projects.”
“I appeal to the United States to lift or waive its sanctions outlined in the plan,” said Guterres, who also appealed to Iran to return to full implementation of the deal.
The 15-member council will on Tuesday discuss the secretary-general’s biannual report on the implementation of a 2015 resolution that enshrines the nuclear deal between Iran, the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China.
Talks are ongoing between Iran and the six world powers in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear accord abandoned by the administration of former US President Donald Trump in 2018, who then reimposed punishing sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
In response, Iran has refined uranium up to a purity of roughly 60%, far above the deal’s limit of 3.67%, but said it could quickly reverse its compensatory measures if Washington rescinded sanctions and returned to the 2015 deal.
Source: Agencies
