New York: Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday that the 10-year nuclear deal reached in 2015 with world powers has officially expired. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States) along with the European Union (EU).

The accord restricted Iran’s civilian nuclear programme and mandated unprecedented inspections in return for sanctions relief. The “termination day” was set for October 18, 2025, exactly 10 years after the UN Security Council endorsed the deal through Resolution 2231.

Unanimously adopted on July 20, 2015, the Resolution 2231 formally endorsed the JCPOA, which lifted previous UN sanctions and cancelled six earlier Security Council resolutions ta

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