Iran announces official end to 10-year-old nuclear agreement
Tehran terminates 2015 deal under which sanctions were lifted in return for curbs on country’s nuclear programme
Sat 18 Oct 2025 11.23 BST
An international deal with
Iran designed to keep the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons has officially ended, with Tehran announcing the termination of the decade-old agreement.
Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by the 2015 agreement,
officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), under which international sanctions were lifted in exchange for limitations on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
From now on “all of the provisions [of the 2015 deal], including the restrictions on the Iranian nuclear programme and the related mechanisms are considered terminated”, Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
However, it added that the country “firmly expresses its commitment to diplomacy”.
Signed in Vienna by Iran, China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the US, it was hoped the agreement would end the years-long diplomatic standoff and mark the beginning of a new era in relations between Iran and the west.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...official-end-to-10-year-old-nuclear-agreement
