FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY TO APPEAL CONDEMNATION OVER INFLUENCE PEDDLING

SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS 2 OF THEM SUSPENDED

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 03/02/2021, 23:59 Time

USPA NEWS - The courthouse of Paris has found Nicolas Sarkozy, a former French president, guilty of corruption and influence-peddling, and sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended. Nicolas Sarkozy, denied all the allegations, and said to Ruth Elkrieff, BFM TV, in a interview, in November 2020 «  I’m innocent and the truth will prevail »
The former French president is convicted of corruption, and his ex lawyer, Thierry Herzog, also convicted, yet, the former President is likely expected to appeal

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THE HIGH REP ON BEHALF OF THE EU DELIVERS A STATMNT ON THE JCPOA OVER IRAN

JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 03/01/2021, 02:16 Time

USPA NEWS - The EU reiterates its strong commitment to and continued support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) at this critical point in time. We are determined to continue working with the international community to preserve the JCPOA and ensure its full implementation. 
We are deeply concerned by Iran’s decision to suspend the provisional application of the Additional Protocol as well as additional transparency provisions under the JCPOA as of 23 February 2021. Unless reversed, this decision will substantially restrict the IAEA’s ability to verify that nuclear material and activities in Iran remain for exclusively peaceful purposes. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be deprived of an essential part of its knowledge of Iran’s activities on the entirety of Iran’s nuclear fuel cycle, including R&D with advanced centrifuges. IAEA access to information on key facilities will also be limited. In this context, we note the temporary bilateral technical understanding reached between the IAEA and Iran that, according to the IAEA’s Director General Grossi, will mitigate reduced access and allow for necessary monitoring and verification activities to continue for up to

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