Iran has decided to suspend some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal with major powers abandoned by Washington last year, the Islamic Republic announced on Wednesday.

Over the past year and after US illegal withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and its breach of the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the Islamic Republic of Iran has shown most of its self-restraint and has given considerable opportunity on requests made by other parties to JCPOA, Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said in a statement, according to IRNA news agency.

Iran in line with preserving security and national interests of Iranians and on the basis of its rights mentioned in articles 26 and 36 of the JCPOA will stop some of its commitments as of Wednesday, the statement added.

“The decision of the high security council to ‘stop acting on some of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s commitments under the JCPOA (nuclear deal)’ was communicated to the heads of state of the countries” still party to the deal — Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, the foreign ministry said.

It said Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had handed the decision to the ambassadors of the five countries in a meeting on Wednesday.

Source: Agencies