Nuclear dispute: Nuclear dispute: Further discussions between the USA and Iran

The fourth round of nuclear negotiations between the USA and Iran in Oman has ended without tangible results – but further discussions should follow. Iranian foreign office spokesman Ismail Baghai then described the three -hour conversation as “difficult, but useful”. According to him, both sides tried to find rational and realistic ways to overcome the differences. Another round of negotiations is planned and is coordinated again by the Oman.

The focus of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program is the question of use: While Tehran emphasizes that only civilian purposes are pursuing, governments in the West fear the construction of an atomic bomb. Iranian politicians and officers recently heated the debate with demands for nuclear weapons for military deterrence. US President Donald Trump had recently threatened Iran with a bombardment, should there be no deal.

At the negotiating table, Steve Witkoff and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi sat at the negotiating table; the Golf state of Oman. “This time the talks were much more serious than the last few times and also more open,” said Araghtschi. Technical compromises are possible, but not a complete waiver of your own uranium enrichment. He was confident that there will be further progress, he said, according to the ISNA news agency.

Tehran repeatedly claims not to strive for its own nuclear weapons program, but categorically rejects the waiver of its own civilian nuclear program – and in particular on an independent uranium enrichment. Even before the negotiations, Araghtschi had clarified: “If it is only about the question of nuclear weapons, we can clear the concerns and then an agreement is quite possible. But an enrichment stop is not negotiable.”

Trump terminated Pact 2018 himself

In 2015, Iran had agreed to restrict its nuclear program in the Vienna nuclear Agreement after long negotiations with China, Russia, the USA, France, Germany and Great Britain. However, Trump unilaterally got out of the pact in 2018 and imposed new, hard sanctions. Then Tehran no longer adhered to the requirements of the agreement. Now the US President wants a new deal.

Tehran has signaled the willingness to compromise to return to the technical restrictions of the 2015 nuclear agreement – but only if the US sanctions are canceled. These have plunged the country into a historical financial crisis. Without lifting the sanctions, an economic chaos threatens that could even lead to unrest in the long term.

In addition to the nuclear dispute, the negotiations are also about Iranian Middle East Policy, especially about the self -proclaimed resistance axis against arch enemy Israel and the rocket program. Iran is still covered with these issues, but in view of the economic emergency, observers also expect Tehran’s concessions here.