France estimated on Wednesday May 25 that it would be "
a serious and dangerous error
" to consider that the Iranian nuclear agreement will remain "
indefinitely on the table
", while negotiations between Tehran and the major powers are blocked.
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“
Any more than its partners, France will not accept that Iran acquires a military nuclear capacity.
We call on the parties to adopt a responsible approach and to urgently take the decisions necessary for the conclusion of this agreement
, ”said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an electronic press briefing.
"
It would be a serious and dangerous mistake to consider that it could remain on the table indefinitely, while the progress of the program (Iranian nuclear, editor's note), which is continuing at the same sustained pace, risks depriving it of its benefits of non -proliferation
,” he added.
The JCPOA (acronym of the 2015 agreement) which provides for drastic restrictions on the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions, has been moribund since the unilateral withdrawal in 2018 of the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump.
The election of Joe Biden to the White House has revived efforts to revive the agreement, but negotiations have been stalled for two months even though a draft text seemed within reach of signature.
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'Excessive demands from Iran'
One of the latest obstacles is Tehran's demand that the US remove the Revolutionary Guards, its ideological army, from the US blacklist of "
foreign terrorist organizations
".
Washington ensures that this sanction, decided by Donald Trump after the withdrawal from the agreement, has no connection with nuclear power and cannot be discussed within the framework of these negotiations.
The chances of reaching an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program are dwindling, the American negotiator in charge of the file warned on Wednesday.
“
Today the chances of success in negotiations are less than the chances of failure, and that is because of excessive demands from Iran that we will not give
in to ,” said Rob Malley, who has led for more than year of indirect negotiations with Iran in Vienna, before the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
