France lifts airplane fuel sanctions on Iran

For the first time in five years, an Iran Air plane fueled up at Paris Orly Airport and was able to reach Tehran without having to stop for fuel on the way.

As the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is put into practice, Iranian airplanes are now freed from a restriction to receive fuel in Paris, IRIB news agency reported January 20.

Iranian airplanes had been denied fuel in Paris since 2011 due to economic sanctions the West had imposed on Iran on allegations of suspicious nuclear activities.

In a joint statement on Jan. 16, the EU’s High Representative Federica Mogherini and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced the implementation of the JCPOA and the removal of economic sanctions on Iran.

According to the statement, EU has confirmed that legal framework, providing for lifting of its nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions, is effective.

/By Trend/