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Powers to Iran: Stop violating the agreement - or renew the sanctions - Walla! news

2019-12-06T17:10:56.265Z


Representatives of the European countries met with an Iranian delegation in Vienna, expressing their opposition to violating Tehran's commitments under the 2015 agreement. China called for "avoiding activity ...


Powers to Iran: Stop violating the agreement - or we will renew the sanctions

Representatives of the European countries met with an Iranian delegation in Vienna, expressing their opposition to violating Tehran's commitments under the 2015 agreement. China called for "avoiding activities that would further complicate the situation." Diplomats estimate low chance of breakthrough: "The window barely exists"

Powers to Iran: Stop violating the agreement - or we will renew the sanctions

European powers on Friday demanded talks with its representatives with Iran to stop violating the nuclear agreement - or to renew UN sanctions against it. On the other hand, Tehran continues to rage over the remaining countries in the agreement, which they say are not doing enough to protect its economy from sanctions. .

The meeting was held in light of the growing friction between Iran and the Western countries. Iran has withdrawn some of its commitments under the 2015 deal signed in response to Washington's decision to withdraw from it last year and renew its sanctions, which are damaging to the Islamic Republic's economy.

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Meeting of delegates and Iran's representatives in Vienna today (Photo: Reuters)

Iranian Abbas Aracchi's negotiating team meeting with the signed powers on the nuclear agreement in Vienna on December 6, 2019 (Photo: Reuters)

Yesterday, European countries confronted Iran over its ballistic missile program. Today, the remaining parties to the agreement - Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia - met with Iranian officials in Vienna in an attempt to assess the status of the agreement. Officials said European representatives at the meeting demanded that Iran cease its commitments or renew its sanctions.

In a move that threatened to exacerbate tensions, the Iranian delegation threatened to boycott the talks after discovering that the state-led opposition organization had planned to protest against the government in Tehran, outside the hotel where the meeting will be held. The EU, which is hosting the talks, intervened to forward the calls to its own delegation to the UN in Vienna.

In Europe, they confronted Iran about its ballistic missiles. Iranian ground-to-ground missiles (Photo: AP)

Ground-to-ground missile of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, February 7, 2019 (Photo: AP)

China's spokeswoman said the European parties did not announce the implementation of the UN sanctions procedure, but urged Iran to fully return to its commitments. "All countries should refrain from taking further action to complicate the situation," said Fu Kong, director general of the department Weapons control in the Chinese Foreign Ministry, after the talks. "In our view, there is an element of automation and we are not sure that countries can continue this process under control. This could provoke tension."

"the clock is ticking"

After the conflict between Iran and the United States undermined the survivability of the nuclear agreement, Europeans remained torn between trying to maintain it and the fear of Iran's steps, which in recent months have tested their patience. These measures included increasing the maximum level of enriched uranium and resuming operations at the Fordo facility, which operates in an underground structure inside a mountain and hidden from the eyes of UN inspectors, until revealed by Western spies in 2009. "I think the window for negotiating and maintaining the agreement is barely there ", Said a European diplomat.

In addition, a Western diplomat said: "I don't think the Europeans have reached the red line yet, but the repeated violations show that their credibility is at stake."

Opposition expatriates planned a counter-demonstration. Police outside the building where the talks took place in Vienna, today (Photo: AP)

Police outside the building holding talks between Iran and representatives of the powers of the signed nuclear deal in Vienna, Austria, December 6, 2019 (Photo: AP)

European E3 powers - France, UK and Germany - are considering implementing a mechanism in the agreement that could lead to a decision to repeal UN global sanctions. Three diplomats said this decision is unlikely to be made by January, so Iran is expected to withdraw further from its commitments It has reduced its nuclear activity in return for sanction relief.

An Iranian official said that "the European parties in the agreement need to know that the clock is ticking for them. They are trying to keep Iran in the agreement, but then no steps are taken against America's bullying and pressure."

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EU President Helga Schmidt with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi in talks in Vienna today (Photo: IP)

EU Secretary-General Helga Schmidt with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi at talks in Vienna, Austria, December 6, 2019 (Photo: AP)

Tehran repeatedly criticizes the European powers for not working enough to protect Iran's economy, which has been hit after foreign companies left its territories following the crackdown. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Zarif highlighted the widening gap between the parties, saying that the three countries had presented their "unhappy skills" in fulfilling their obligations. He spoke after the UN Security Council accused Tehran of holding ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons.

(Update first: 17:20)

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