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Iran's high-ranking officials awarded, following JCPOA implementation

08 February 2016 [12:50] - TODAY.AZ
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has awarded two ministers, as well as the country's atomic chief with medals of honor and valor, for their involvement in the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif has received the medal of honor while Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and the minister of defense Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan were awarded with the medals of valor, IRNA news agency reported.

Over the past decade in a bid to curb Iran’s nuclear program, the international community took measures against Tehran, including restrictions imposed on the country’s financial system, as well as industry, which have had a catastrophic impact on Iranians’ economic situation and life conditions.

During his electoral campaign in 2013, Rouhani promised to improve the country’s economic situation by settling the controversial nuclear issue.

Following a number of nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries finally through a joint statement on Jan. 16, the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced the implementation of the JCPOA, aka nuclear deal, and the removal of economic sanctions on Iran.

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

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