Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced today (Friday) at a press conference in Istanbul that Iran would not accept the US demand to withdraw its acceleration of the nuclear program. 2015. Zarif added that this requirement “is impractical and will not occur”.
Netanyahu warns against nuclear Iran in memorial to David Ben-Gurion. Photo: Roi Avraham, GPO
The remarks come in a tweet from Zarif, who responded yesterday to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who said that “if Iran returns to the nuclear agreement, the United States will do the same.” “Medicines and food from the Iranian people, why should it take the first step on the way back to the agreement?”
Reality check for @SecBlinken:
The US
-violated JCPOA
-blocked food / medicine to Iranians
-punished adherence to UNSCR 2231
Throughout that sordid mess, Iran
-abided by JCPOA
-only took foreseen remedial measures
Now, who should take 1st step?
Never forget Trump’s maximum failure.
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– Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 28, 2021
As you may recall, the International Atomic Energy Agency made it clear earlier this month that Iran has significantly increased its uranium enrichment rate in recent times. The IAEA also stated that it is estimated that within a few weeks Iran can enrich uranium by about 20%.
Meanwhile, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi said in his semi-annual speech at the INSS conference this week that a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, or a similar one, is a wrong move. .
In addition, US President Joe Biden last night appointed Robert Mali as the White House special envoy for Iranian affairs. Mali is expected to play a crucial role in talks over US return to the nuclear deal. Biden also spoke earlier this week with French President Emmanuel Macron about mutual cooperation over the nuclear deal with Iran and the situation in Lebanon, according to a White House source.
As mentioned earlier, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced earlier this month, just days before the end of his term, that Washington had blacklisted seven bodies and two people affiliated with Islamic Republic shipping lines and Iranian shipping bodies, and imposed sanctions on Iranian bodies for distribution-related activities. Conventional weapons.