Wednesday, November 03, 2021
It starts at the end of November
Nuclear negotiations with Iran about to start again
The Trump administration’s sudden exit from the nuclear deal with Iran could soon be history. Although there have recently been harsh accusations from Tehran against the USA and Europe, a date for new negotiations has now been set at the end of November.
The nuclear negotiations with Iran will resume on November 29th. The European External Action Service announced that the talks on a revival of the international nuclear agreement of 2015 would take place in Vienna under the chairmanship of EU envoy Enrique Mora. Representatives of Germany, France, China, Russia and Great Britain would also take part.
The Iranian government confirmed the date. “We have agreed to start negotiations on November 29th in Vienna with the aim of removing the illegal and inhuman sanctions,” said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri on Twitter.
The United States withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018 under its then President Donald Trump. Then Trump put massive sanctions in place against the country. In response, the Iranian government gradually withdrew from many provisions of the agreement. The government of Trump’s successor Joe Biden has signaled its readiness to rejoin the agreement should Tehran return to its commitments under the agreement.
USA consider a quick conclusion possible
Meanwhile, the US reaffirmed that it believes that a quick revival of the nuclear agreement is possible. If the Iranians are ready for “serious” negotiations, Washington considers a “relatively immediate” return to the agreement possible, Foreign Office spokesman Ned Price told journalists.
On Monday, Tehran attacked the US and Europe and accused them of “inaction in the performance of their duties. The Iranian Foreign Office spokesman Said Chatibsadeh also criticized the Biden government. Contrary to its statements, it pursues” a policy of maximum pressure leading to new sanctions or lead to the re-imposition of sanctions that have already been lifted, “he said.
The governments of Germany, France, Great Britain and the USA had previously expressed concern about Iran’s approach to the nuclear dispute on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome. The heads of state and government “shared great and growing concern” that Tehran had increased the pace of “provocative nuclear measures,” said Biden, Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson . The 2015 agreement is designed to prevent Iran from building an atomic bomb. Russia and China are also involved in the agreement.