As part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the EU agreed to remove restrictions on Iran's access to SWIFT once the IAEA has verified Iranian compliance (https://news.riskadvisory.net/2015/16/iran-summary-of-nuclear-deal-timeline-and-sanctions-relief/ , http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-deal-swift-banking-system-2015-7 , http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-15/iran-likely-to-wait-for-months-to-rejoin-global-banking-system ). For more information on the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication see https://www.swift.com/about_swift/index .