(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 17 - The countries that are negotiating in Vienna on the Iranian nuclear program are "closer than hell to an agreement", wrote the Iranian negotiator on Twitter.
"After weeks of intense talks, we are closer than ever to an agreement; however, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed," Ali Baghéri wrote in English, saying that this is for Iran's "negotiating partners" to take over. " serious decisions ".
Meanwhile, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, during a ceremony in Tehran implicitly criticized those who believe that Tehran is trying to develop a nuclear program to build nuclear weapons: "They know that the Iranian nuclear program is peaceful, but they raise absurd senseless accusations that Iran he would be about to make the bomb, "said Khamenei, according to the Irna agency.
"We are aiming for a peaceful use of nuclear energy" said the Ayatollah, also mentioning the negotiations underway in Vienna to relaunch the nuclear agreement reached in 2015 (Jcpoa).
"Between 2015 and 2016 I expressed criticisms on some points of the JCPOA in such a way that in the future no problems would arise, some of my criticisms were not taken into consideration and then the problems that everyone can see today emerged," said Khamenei.
Negotiations between Iran, Russia, China, France, Great Britain and Germany to relaunch the 2015 nuclear agreement have been in progress in the Austrian capital since November 29. Tehran has repeatedly called for the removal of the sanctions imposed by the US on Iran when Washington agreement by decision of former president Donald Trump.
More than two months after the reopening of the Vienna table, there have not yet been direct talks between the US and Iran, but only an exchange of messages through the mediation of the EU.
(HANDLE).