Tehran said on Sunday that the United States must lift sanctions off Iran first if it wants to advance talks on saving the 2015 nuclear deal, reiterating its position that it will not make the first move to reach the agreement. back with great superpowers.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said last week that it was ready to talk to Iran about the two countries returning to the agreement aimed at banning the Islamic Republic from manufacturing weapons nuclear while world powers lifted most of the international sanctions.
Former US President Donald Trump abandoned the agreement in 2018 and again imposed sanctions on Iran, which then began violating the terms of the agreement.
But Iran and the United States have opposed who should take the first step to revive the agreement. Iran insists that the United States must lift U.S. sanctions first while Washington says Tehran must return to surrender first.
“The US will not be able to go back to the nuclear deal before it imposes sanctions … once everyone is fulfilling their duty, there will be talks,” a minister said. Foreign Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif to Iran English English Press.
Biden argues that Trump’s biggest pressure policy is the biggest tape … but they haven’t changed that policy (towards Iran). The United States is grabbing pressure, control and bullying … It doesn’t work with Ioran. “
Iran has been hit hard by the sanctions, as well as the economic consequences of the pandemic coronavirus infection.
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Making more complex efforts to revive the agreement, Iran’s hard-wired parliament passed a law last year requiring the government to end the implementation of the additional Protocol from Feb. 23, if sanctions are not lifted.
Under the treaty, Iran is implementing the additional Protocol, which will empower the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) to conduct briefings in areas not designated by them.
“This is not an end date for the world. This is not an ultimatum … As in any democracy, we need the law enacted by parliament … The motion is not ( to end snap checks) waive the contract, “Zarif said.
“The moment they come back to full surrender, we come back to full surrender.”
The United States and European parties to the treaty have warned Iran not to block IAEA snap investigations.
Rafael Grossi, the former IAEA chief executive in Tehran, to discuss the group’s “essential verification actions” on Sunday with Iran’s head of nuclear energy, state media reported.
Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, tweeted that Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Iranian Atomic Power Group, and Grossi held “fruitful talks based on mutual respect”.
Zarif said: “We will speak to Mr Grossi about respecting the laws of our country … but at the same time not creating inequity for him to continue to meet the obligations to show Iran ‘s nuclear program peacefully. “