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UK Foreign Secretary: "We want to see Iran return to full compliance with nuclear deal"

09 January 2020 13:00 (UTC +04:00)

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said that he will be looking "hard" at what happens next with the Iranian nuclear deal following Tehran's refusal to comply with the JCPOA, APA reports citing Sputnik.

The official noted that he wants to see Iran come back to "full compliance" with the deal, Reuters reported.

"We've obviously been committed to the JCPOA, but we've reached a point where non-compliance has been so acute in the most recent steps taken by Iran that obviously we're going to be looking very hard at what should happen next", Raab said.

British PM Boris Johnson earlier said that the UK would still stand behind the agreement, while European leaders called upon Iran to avoid non-compliance with the treaty.

Note that Tehran announced on 5 January that it would no longer comply with the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal, which was set to considerably reduce Iran's nuclear programme and its stockpile of medium- and low-enriched uranium in exchange for the removal of international sanctions. The country announced that it would now start enriching uranium based on its technical needs and in a "peaceful" manner.