The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Amano Yukiya, has reiterated that Iran continues to be in full compliance with all nuclear-related commitments, as well as all terms of the P5+1 nuclear deal signed in 2015.
Amano’s comments were related to a recent IAEA document affirming the
same thing. The documents are regularly offered to those involved in the
nuclear deal, but are not made public. Amano was confirming that the
report was accurate.
This is particularly important since President Trump withdrew the US
from the nuclear deal, claiming Iran to be in violation. Since then,
Trump has been trying to convince other Western signatories to dishonor
the pact, and the IAEA is going to great measures to underscore that
Iran is not actually violating anything.
Iranian officials have expressed hope that it would be possible to save
the deal, even without the US participating. So far, however, Europe has
struggled to deliver the promised sanction relief, with US threats
keeping much of the international banking system from allowing trade
with Iran.
The German economy has been slowing down over the last twelve months; there’s likely some desperation throughout the EU for new markets.
The only new economic vistas are those sanctioned by the U.S..