Iran agreed to continue talks with the EU to save the nuclear deal

Iran agreed to continue talks with the EU to save the nuclear deal

Mora explained during the meeting on Thursday that the EU “was willing to collaborate with Iran and the other parties to continue with the negotiations and achieve a result that they all accept,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“The two sides agreed to continue talks on issues of mutual interest in the coming days in Brussels,” he added.

While Mora was in Tehran, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, was in Washington to speak with his American counterpart.

According to Borrell’s spokesperson, the EU will convene a meeting of negotiators of the pact as soon as all the parties agree.

On Wednesday, the Secretary of State, Antony flash, lamented Iran’s “unwillingness” to “dialogue” and hinted at a military threat, stating that The United States was prepared to resort to “other options” if diplomacy did not prosper.

The agreement signed in 2015 between Iran and the international community (the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, France and Germany) offered a partial withdrawal of Western and UN sanctions, in exchange for the Islamic Republic pledging to reduce drastically its nuclear program will no longer equip itself with an atomic bomb.

But after the exit of the US agreement in 2018 during the administration of Donald Trump and the reestablishment of sanctions, Iran began to progressively abandon its commitments.

“For Iran, it is about achieving tangible results. It is necessary to reach a concrete agreement, but there are serious doubts about the willingness of the Americans to fulfill their commitments,” the Iranian statement said.

Talks to save the pact resumed in April but have been at a standstill since June, when the conservative Iranian president was elected. Ebrahim Raisi.

The Iranian government, dominated by the ultra-conservatives, seems reluctant to make concessions and wants European countries to ensure that they will abide by the agreement.

US President Joe Biden declared himself willing for his country to return to the agreement, as long as Tehran again fulfills its commitments.

Nevertheless, both the United States and Israel think that Tehran is trying to buy time to advance its nuclear program as far as possible.

This Thursday, Iran responded, warning that Israel should not undertake any “military adventure” against its “nuclear program”, in a letter addressed to the president of the UN Security Council and released by the Tasnim agency.

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