Iran’s foreign ministry says the deal is ‘unchanging’ after French President Macron called for talks to include Saudi Arabia.
Iran’s foreign ministry has rejected any new talks or changes to Tehran’s nuclear deal partners with world powers, after French President Emmanuel Macron said new talks should lead to -into Saudi Arabia.
“The nuclear treaty is a multilateral international agreement ratified by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which is non-negotiable and parties to it are clear and unchanging,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said. reporting on Saeed Khatibzadeh by state media on Saturday.
Iran began breaking the boundaries of the treaty on uranium enrichment activity after Washington withdrew from the treaty in 2018 under that time – President Donald Trump and reintroduced economic sanctions on Tehran.
The new administration of President Joe Biden has said that he will return to the treaty but only after Tehran fully resumes compliance with its terms.
But Iran has refused to accelerate U.S. demands on reversing the nuclear program before Washington lifted sanctions on Tehran.
Saudi Arabia and its allied United Arab Emirates have said that the Gulf Arab states should be involved this time in any negotiations, that they should also address Iran’s ballistic missile program and its support. to agents around the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia, which has been trapped in several proxy wars in the region with Tehran’s occupation in Yemen, has backed Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.
Response to Macron
In his remarks on Friday, cited by Al Arabiya television, Macron stressed the need to avoid what he described as a mistake from excluding other countries in the region when the 2015 contract was signed. compromise and should include Saudi Arabia.
Macron said any new talks on the nuclear deal with Iran would be very “tight” and that there would be a short time to ban Tehran from having a nuclear weapon.
Khatibzadeh said Macron should “show self-restraint”.
“If French officials are concerned about their massive arms sales to the Persian Gulf Arab states, they will be better off reconsidering their policies,” Khatibzadeh said.
“French weapons, along with other Western weapons, are not only causing the massacre of thousands of Yemenis, but they are also a major cause of regional instability,” he said.
Earlier this month, Iran began enriching uranium to 20 percent at its Fordow underground nuclear plant – a level it achieved before the agreement.
Iran’s parliament, under austerity control, passed legislation last month that will force the government to harden a nuclear standstill if U.S. sanctions are not lifted within two months.