The United States "
should be more active and resolve all questions relating to
" a relaunch of the nuclear deal with Iran, the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov, said on Saturday.
During a press conference at the UN on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the minister hoped that the negotiations in Vienna between Iran, Russia, China, France, the Kingdom - United and Germany, with the United States in the background, resume "as
soon as possible
", as Tehran wished.
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"
Iran is not doing anything that would be prohibited
" by the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) and its additional protocol, also ruled Sergey Lavrov, criticizing the unilateral sanctions taken against Iran after the departure of the states in 2018. - United of the 2015 nuclear agreement. If it no longer applies a number of commitments linked to the 2015 nuclear agreement, it is "
simply because the United States left it
", he said. He noted, stressing that Washington had imposed sanctions on Iran since 2018 which are not only linked to enriched uranium but also target "
all those who trade legally with Iran
".
For Lavrov, these sanctions are no longer necessary, and "
should be lifted as part of the restoration of the nuclear agreement
".
Throughout the week, the United States and the Europeans have increased the number of talks on the Iranian issue on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
They expressed their frustration, mixed with annoyance, at Iran, which offered no "
clear indication
", according to them, of its intentions for the resumption of negotiations to save the Iran nuclear deal.
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Discussions in Vienna to relaunch the nuclear deal, bring the United States back there and at the same time obtain a lifting of American sanctions have been interrupted since the election in June of a new Iranian president.