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to ensure the implementation of the nuclear deal after the Europeans repeatedly dragged their feet with implementation of thei r euro-denominated Instex payment system .
Iran's enriched uranium stockpile has passed the 300-kilogram limit under the 2015 nuclear deal, an "informed source" said on July 1.
2.2 Iran Supreme Court equalises restitution for men and women after long debate
The Supreme Court of Iran has decided that restitution paid out for males and females will be the same value, Fars News Agency reported on July 3. From now on, “blood money” paid in the event of a death of a family member will be paid at the same value to the victims' heirs for male and female victims of murder, bodily harm, or property damage, moving away from the 1979-installed Sharia Law introduced by the Islamic Republic.
The law was accepted by the Supreme Court of Iran, following its endorsement of an earlier law passed by the Iranian parliament and approved by the Guardian Council – the body which vets all laws.
Restitution, “Diyah” in Islamic law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage, which was introduced in the place of previous laws which existed before the Islamic revolutionaries took over the country.
Diyah only applies when the victim’s family wants to compromise with the guilty party; otherwise Equal Restitution “Qisas” applies.
Under the previous restitution laws, a woman’s life, property or body was worth half of a man’s. However, concerted efforts by female lawyers and judges in Iran over the years have managed to bring the issue to the forefront of debate. Iran’s parliament first began altering the so-called “blood money” law in 2009, in which they altered the payout for victims of car crashes, arguing that when policyholders – both men and women – pay equal amounts for their insurance, they must be paid equally.
2.3 Iran says new sanctions dodging Instex payment system is “beautiful car without any fuel”
I ran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) said the EU payment mechanism for trade with Iran, Instex was “a beautiful car without fuel”, Chamber Online reported on June 30.
The EU-3 -- Britain, France and Germany – formally launched the Instex payment mechanism on June 29 with an initial amount of a few million euros being placed in the account. The payment system is designed to allow European companies to continue to trade but insulate themselves from possible retaliation by the US, which has reimposed sanctions on Iran. The three were prompted to make the payment to the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) following Iran’s demand that if they did not, Tehran would break the 2015 nuclear agreement.
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