Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday approved the nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers, Reuters reported citing a statement published on Khamenei’s official website.
Iran’s highest authority ordered the deal to be implemented subject to certain conditions outlined in a law passed by the Iranian parliament last week.
In a letter to President Hassan Rouhani published on his website, Khamenei said there were several structural weak points in the deal and called on the US and EU to clearly announce the elimination of sanctions against Iran.
“The Supreme Leader also said that Iran should delay sending its stockpile of enriched uranium abroad and reconfiguring a heavy water reactor to ensure it cannot make bomb-grade plutonium – central aspects of Iran’s obligations under the deal — until UN inspectors had settled the issue of whether Tehran had ever sought nuclear weapons,” a Reuters report said.
“Any action regarding Arak (reactor) and dispatching uranium abroad … will take place after the PMD (possible military dimensions) file is closed,” the letter said.
Khamenei had previously refused to endorse or refute the agreement reached on 14th of July in Geneva between President Hassan Rouhani and six world powers: US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany, also referred to as P5+1 nations.
Under the deal hailed as historic, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions which have managed to cripple the country’s economy as well as energy and finance sectors in the past years.Â
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was given access to and collected samples from Iran’s military sites earlier in October, the results from which are due to be announced by 15th of December.
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