ISLAMABAD -UNS: Pakistan is ready for backing Iran to acquire nuclear power for peaceful purposes.Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that Islamabad stood by Tehran on this key matter.Addressing a joint press conference alongside Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian today on Sunday, he said that Pakistan stands by Iran for the acquisition of peaceful nuclear power.
Pakistan’s support comes against the backdrop of international opposition faced by Iran regarding its nuclear programme, which recently became the centre point of its war with Israel.
The conflict saw the United States carrying out strikes on multiple nuclear sites in Iran.
After the US and its European allies namely France, Germany and the United Kingdom, agreed to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran, Tehran has held “frank” nuclear talks with the said European countries — a move which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) believes could eventually lead to the resumption of inspections of nuclear sites in Iran.
The European countries, along with China and Russia, are the remaining parties to the 2015 deal — from which the US withdrew in 2018 — which lifted sanctions on Iran in return for restrictions on its nuclear programme.
A deadline of October 18 is fast approaching when the resolution governing that deal expires.
At that point, all UN sanctions on Iran will be lifted unless the “snapback” mechanism is triggered at least 30 days before. This would automatically reimpose those sanctions, which target sectors from hydrocarbons to banking and defence.
