The first formal negotiations between the Western powers and the new Iranian regime on how to resume the 2015 nuclear agreement were suspended on Friday, and Europe warned Iran It has regressed all previous diplomatic progress and quickly advanced its nuclear program.
It now appears that if Iran does not modify its requirements, negotiations may break down next week, which may lead to Israeli attacks on Iran.
Enrique Mora, EU’s chief negotiator, said that negotiations will be reconvened next week, but warned that time is not unlimited.
Diplomats representing the three European powers-Britain, France and Germany-said they were disappointed and worried about the deadlock.
They said: “Almost all of Tehran Difficult compromise It has been carefully crafted after months of hard work,” adding that major changes are needed. “Iran broke off negotiations more than five months ago.Since then, Iran Fast forward its nuclear programThis week, it made progress in diplomacy. “
They said, “It is not clear how to close these new gaps within a realistic time frame based on the Iranian draft. We have asked the coordinators to reconvene as soon as possible.”
They stated that the purpose of the suspension is to “allow the delegation to return to the capital to assess the situation and seek instructions”, and then reconvene the meeting next week to “see if the gap can be bridged.”
The statement added: “Our government is still fully committed to diplomatic progress. But time is running out.”
The new Iranian government elected in June submitted revised documents on sanctions that the United States will be required to lift, as well as a new proposal on what Iran needs to do to fully comply with the agreement.
A third paper on benchmarks that must be met before Iran judges that sanctions have been effectively lifted-including the level of oil exports and foreign exchange transactions-has been published, but has not been formally submitted.
EU diplomats stated that these proposals require the United States to lift some of the sanctions imposed by Joe Biden that are clearly not related to the nuclear agreement, and therefore represent the tough demands reached by Iran in the first six rounds of talks with previous rounds of negotiators.
The West may return to the talks next Wednesday, but it can choose to submit Iran to the UN Security Council because it violated its obligations under the 2015 agreement. Iran may respond by withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and refusing to join unless Israel is asked to join.
Iran acknowledged the slow progress and added that its proposals cannot be rejected because they are in line with the 2015 agreement.
Israel, which did not participate in the talks, said its Western allies need to be aware that Iran is stagnating as it continues to develop its nuclear program.
The hard work of renewing negotiations on how the United Nations nuclear inspection agency IAEA reached an agreement on the operation of its cameras at nuclear facilities has hardly made any progress, which has exacerbated people’s pessimism.
Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are holding talks in Vienna. A US negotiating team is in Vienna, but Iran is not allowed to participate in the negotiations on the grounds that Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018.
Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said: “We are negotiating a comprehensive agreement. We are negotiating a comprehensive agreement to pave the way for the return of a country that has withdrawn from the agreement. Fair and illegal sanctions.”
Mohamed Morandi, who is described as a member of the Iranian negotiating team but is actually a spokesperson for Western media, accused Biden of criticizing Trump’s policy of exerting the greatest pressure on Iran, but has continued to adopt the same policy towards Iran since taking office.
In addition to the direct talks in Vienna, French President Emmanuel Macron also Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Tried to break the deadlock, but he admitted that the Vienna talks were not successful.
