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Iran Threatens to Further Breach JCPOA

Iran said it may take a “third step” to further breach the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action if the agreement’s parties do not do more to mitigate the U.S.’s 2018 withdrawal from the JCPOA, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

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said in an Aug. 1 press conference. Iran also called on the agreement's parties to help mitigate the impacts of U.S. sanctions. “Sanctions make fulfilling some of our promises harder … [but] one of the opportunities that sanctions provide us is increased empathy and cooperation among us,” Iran said. Iran last month surpassed the enriched uranium limit that was agreed to as part of the JCPOA, sparking concern from the European Union and additional threats of sanctions by the U.S. (see 1907080019).