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Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi reiterated Tehran’s serious will to achieve an enduring and strong deal with the world powers, and called on Washington to provide strong guarantees that it will not violate the accord again if an agreement is ever arrived at.
Addressing the nation in a live broadcast on Wednesday evening, President Rayeesi spoke about his recent visit to New York where he took part in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
He touched on negotiations to salvage the2015 nuclear deal with the major powers in the world, reiterating a “good and fair” agreement is within reach if the other parties provide strong guarantees that they will not breach the deal again, referring to the United States’ 2018 withdrawal from the landmark accord and the Western side’s failure to live up to their commitments.
The president stressed that all sanctions imposed on Iran by the former US administration need to be removed.
The Iranian president added Tehran needs strong assurances that it can reap the economic benefits from the deal, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and emphasized that safeguards issue should be terminated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He urged the United Nations (UN) nuclear agency to stop politicizing the Iranian nuclear program and avoid coming under the influence of the Israeli regime.
“The main point we emphasised was that the Americans withdrew from the 2015 agreement and the Europeans did not fulfil their obligations,” Iran’s president noted, explaining the details of his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
“Mr. Macron agreed that the Europeans did not fulfil their commitments. I said that this time we should focus on adherence to commitments. Our positions were such that he said that he would go and talk to Americans and Europeans and express our positions to them and inform us about it,” Rayeesi said.
Iranian president emphasised on the guarantee of the Western parties to Tehran to reach a good agreement, and stated, “We once witnessed that they withdrew from the JCPOA and did not fulfil their commitments, so we should be careful”.
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Iran stresses it has not quit the negotiating table with the world powers, but will not put all its eggs in the negotiation basket and will not wait for the United States to return to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. Iranian officials stress that Tehran has not left the negotiating table with the world powers, but arriving at a deal requires the US pragmatic attitude.
The United States and Iran have traded responses via the EU to a proposal put forward by the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell. Tehran submitted its initial answer in mid-August and Washington replied to it about a week later.
Washington claims that Tehran has taken “a step backward” with its latest response to a European Union proposal, calling a near-term agreement “unlikely”.
Tehran says its response to Washington’s view regarding the EU’s proposed draft text was constructive and transparent. Officials stress that receiving guarantees from the Western side is the most important issue in the talks and Iran wants stronger guarantees from the US to clinch an agreement.
Tehran says it will not be able to trust Washington as long as President Joe Biden continues the wrong policy of maximum pressure and sanctions practiced by Donald Trump against Iran. Iranian officials say the Biden administration has yet done nothing but hollow promises to lift sanctions against Tehran. They blast the US addiction to sanctions, and slammed the POTUS for continuing his predecessor’s policy on Iran.
Tehran and the five remaining parties to the nuclear deal have held several rounds of negotiations since April last year to restore the agreement, which was unilaterally abandoned by Trump in May 2018.
In quitting the agreement, Trump restored sanctions on Iran as part of what he called the “maximum pressure” campaign against the country. Those sanctions are being enforced to this day by the Biden administration, even though it has repeatedly acknowledged that the policy has been a mistake and a failure.
Iranian officials say the ball is in the US’ court, and the Biden administration should assure Tehran that it will not repeat Trump’s past mistakes.
Diplomats have also criticized Washington for raising excessive demands from Tehran during the nuclear talks, and blocking efforts to reach an agreement on the JCPOA. They emphasized the Tehran’s will to reach a good, strong and lasting agreement, and stressed that the US should lift unilateral sanctions, and assure Iran that it will not repeat its past mistakes.
Officials say although some progress has been made, there are still outstanding issues that need to be resolved before a final deal could be attained. They warn that Tehran has its own “Plan B” and it will go into effect if Washington fails to make a political decision to revive the 2015 agreement.
