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JCPOA implementation will face ‘some turbulences’ in coming months, Heinonen claims

| July 27, 2016

“Implementation has started well, but I see some turbulences during the months to come,” Heinonen tells the Tehran Times.

Though both Russia and the U.S. have criticized UN chief Ban Ki-moon for his report of the implementation of the Security Council Resolution 2231, the former IAEA official defends the drafting of the report by saying “since the resolution calls Iran not to conduct tests with missiles designed for carrying nuclear weapons, the Secretary General apparently felt it necessary to express his views on the tests conducted by Iran during recent months.”

Both the U.S. and Russia said Ban had overstepped his mandate.
The Resolution 2231, which endorsed the July 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and great powers, calls upon Iran not to test missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Iran has been insisting that its missiles have not been designed to carry nuclear weapons.

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For Academic Citation: Heinonen, Olli.“JCPOA implementation will face ‘some turbulences’ in coming months, Heinonen claims.” , July 27, 2016.

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