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TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) – Iran on Saturday called on European countries to accelerate their efforts to preserve Iran's interests as part of the nuclear deal including the United States withdrew in May.
Iran's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, criticized what he called the slow pace of the European Union (EU) to save the Joint Global Action Plan (JCPOA), calling for his wishes for accelerated efforts in this regard, reported the news agency Tasnim.
Zarif was referring to the imminent legal entity of the EU to facilitate legitimate financial dealings with Iran in the face of US sanctions.
Abbas Araqchi, an Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, also criticized the "slow" pace of the EU in setting up a mechanism to maintain Iran's trade with its countries. European partners in the context of recent US sanctions.
"Their political positions (against US sanctions) have been very good," but so far, they have not managed to put in place operational approaches and meet our expectations, "he said. Araqchi.
Washington has withdrawn from Iran's historic nuclear deal in 2015 in May and imposed on Monday a second round of sanctions against Tehran, targeting the transport sectors. maritime, finance and energy.
Iran is heavily dependent on European assistance against the withdrawal of the nuclear deal by the United States and their promise to secure the interests of Iran predicted under the 2015 agreement.
The EU stressed that it would create a legal entity to facilitate legitimate financial transactions with Iran in light of the withdrawal of the United States from the international agreement.
The legal entity will allow European companies to continue to trade with Iran in accordance with EU law and could be open to other partners in the world, said Federica Mogherini, responsible of the EU's foreign and security policy in September.
