Iran, P5+1 Group Start Tehran Nuclear Deal Implementation – White House

VIENNA (Sputnik) — On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators, comprising Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, reached a historic agreement obliging Tehran to guarantee the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

"We’ll do a couple of steps that will demonstrate our commitment and preparation to take sanction lifting steps. It’s the same thing with the EU," the US officials told reporters during a conference call.

Washington will issue waivers to remove sanctions against Tehran once it completes all of its steps under the deal guaranteeing the peaceful nuclear activities, according to the diplomats.

The compliance must also be verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

However, the implementation of the commitments by Iran may take several months and depends entirely on the Iranians, high-ranking officials from the United States Administration said.

“Their obligations are very clear and we expect them to live up to all of their obligations prior to sanctions relief… Whether that takes two months, three months, four months or beyond is really up to the Iranians. So we also are gonna be in wait-and-see mode. For us it is important that it is done right not that it is done quickly,” a White House official said during a conference call with journalists.

“There are certain things we cannot imagine taking less than two months, probably even longer,” another official added.

Earlier statements by Iranian officials suggested the country would manage to fulfill the pledges it made in July in two months. Meanwhile, a high-ranking diplomatic source told RIA Novosti in September that the “implementation day” would most likely be in late February or early March.

On Sunday, Tehran and the P5+1 group of international negotiators set the clock ticking on a historic deal that ensures peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The so-called adoption day means the sides will now begin implementing the obligations under the nuclear deal.

The countries that are signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JSPOA) on Iran nuclear activities will gather on Monday in Vienna.

"The joint commission will be meeting in Vienna. Our first meeting will be for about three hours. We’ll be setting up a couple of subgroups of the joint committee specifying, for example, how to manage Iran’s ongoing procurements for committed nuclear activities under JSPOA," the US officials said.

The talks will also be aimed at setting up the framework for future meetings on technical and sanctions issues, according to the diplomats.