Yesterday, January 14, 2020, the UK, France and Germany (the E3)
triggered the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action's (the JCPOA)
dispute resolution mechanism by referring issues of Iranian
non-compliance to the Joint Commission of the JCPOA. While the
dispute resolution mechanism is designed to promote and maintain
the JCPOA, a failure to resolve non-compliance issues could quickly
result in the collapse of the JCPOA and the re-imposition of UN and
EU sanctions on Iran.
The JCPOA
Under the terms of the JCPOA, which took effect in January 2016,
the United States, the UK, Russia, Germany, France, China and the
EU agreed to lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for Iran limiting
its nuclear program.
