United Nations Security Council's sanctions on Iran will not return,
according to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif on Tuesday.
Zarif
responded to Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani's question on the
recently concluded nuclear agreement during a panel discussion in
parliament and said that UN sanctions will not revert back.
"The
deal is valid for a maximum of 10 years and after that the UN Security
Council's observance of Tehran's nuclear program will be ended," he
said.
Larijani clarified toZarif that a clause in the agreement stating that sanctions, will be 'suspended' is a translation mistake.
"There is a translation mistake. The sanctions won't be suspended, they will be removed," Zarif said.
Iran
and the P5+1 group ofcountries— China, France, Russia, the United
Kingdom, the United States and Germany—signed a final agreement in
Vienna lastTuesday, bringing to a close nearly two years of contentious
talks that focused on providing Tehran with dire needed sanctions
relief in return for unprecedented curbs and inspections on
itsnuclearprogram.
The resolution of the UN Security Council's
sanctionswaswritten in Vienna as a part of July 14 agreement, in which
Iran's nuclear facilities will be limited and inspected for the next 10
years.
The UN Security Council resolution covers just UN sanctions, not the U.S. and EU sanctions.
The
U.S. and EU sanctions will be lifted after the International Atomic
Energy Agency's verification that Iran is in compliance with the
agreement.
(Anadolu Agency)