The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and Iranian private banks held formal and informal talks to discuss possible resumption of service, Press TV reported, citing the Tabnak news agency. The Tehran-based television network did not provide any details.
Tabnak news agency: #SWIFT (company offering global economic #banking system) in talks to revive services to #Iran
— Tamarind Lemur (@tamarindlemur) 10 апреля 2015
SWIFT was instructed to disconnect some 30 Iranian banks from the network in March 2012. Following an EU Council decision, the society stopped providing specialized financial services to financial institutions sanctioned by the European Union. "SWIFT is incorporated under Belgian law and has to comply with this decision as confirmed by its home country government," the company said in a statement.
On April 2, they reached an interim deal on Tehran's nuclear program after marathon talks in Switzerland. It has become a milestone since a breakthrough Joint Plan of Action was signed in late 2013 in Geneva. A final comprehensive deal to ensure that Tehran's nuclear goals are purely peaceful is expected to be signed by the end of June.
Statement massive for #Iran economy- deal will immediately lift sanctions on banks, swift, designated companies, shipping, insurance
— Golnar Motevalli (@golnarM) 2 апреля 2015
Under the new framework, Iran agreed to limit its uranium enrichment capacity in exchange for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the US, the EU and the UN Security Council.
