Press Release: Iran: EU suspends certain sanctions as Joint Plan of Action enters into force

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Series Details PRES/14/10 (20.01.14)
Publication Date 20/01/2014
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As part of the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action agreed by Iran and the E3/EU+3, which entered into force on 20 January 2014, the Council suspended certain EU restrictive measures against Iran for a period of six months. By putting the sanctions relief in place, the EU implemented its part of the first step towards a comprehensive solution to address concerns about the Iranian nuclear programme.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/140660.pdf
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