VIENNA, October 17. . Terminating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will mean a change in the situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program. This opinion was expressed by Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov.
“Tomorrow, UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which ratified the 2015 nuclear deal, will expire. The JCPOA will cease to exist. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will only discuss Iran in the context of the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. We are witnessing a new situation around Iran's nuclear program,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Previously, the United Nations Security Council rejected a draft resolution proposed by Russia and China proposing to extend UN Security Council Resolution 2231, passed to support the agreement on Iran's nuclear program, for another 6 months. On September 28, United Nations sanctions on Iran took effect.
In 2015, Iran and Britain, Germany, China, Russia, the United States and France signed the JCPOA, ending the crisis that began in 2002 due to Western accusations of Tehran developing nuclear weapons. However, in 2018, US President Donald Trump announced his withdrawal from the agreement and restored all US sanctions on Iran. In response, in 2020, Tehran announced a reduction in its commitments under the JCPOA and limited access to nuclear facilities by IAEA inspectors. At the same time, until Iran-Israel tensions escalated in June 2025, this agency continued to inspect.
