Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday July 6 that he had made no request that went beyond the agreement governing the Iranian nuclear program concluded in 2015 between Iran and the major powers.
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We have no demands that go beyond the nuclear deal, contrary to some claims by the US side in the media
," he said at a joint press conference in Tehran with his counterpart. Qatari, Mohammed bin Abderrahmane Al-Thani.
“
Our demands are part of the 2015 agreement
,” he insisted.
“It is not part of this negotiation”
The head of Iranian diplomacy thus insisted on denying the remarks made on Tuesday by the American envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, on the American public radio NPR.
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They (the Iranians), including in Doha, have added demands...that anyone could consider as having nothing to do with the nuclear deal, things that they have wanted in the past and that we, the Europeans and others have made it clear that this is not part of this negotiation
,” the US official said.
Indirect talks took place at the end of June in Doha between the United States and Iran, through the European Union, to try to unblock the negotiations launched in April 2021 in Vienna in order to resuscitate the 2015 agreement (or JCPOA).
The Doha talks have produced "
no progress
" according to Washington.
According to Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, "
during the recent talks in Doha, one of the main issues we focused on was the effective guarantee from Washington (that Iran will be able to benefit) of the economic benefits of the agreement
".
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The United States must commit to ensuring that Iran receives the full benefits of the 2015 agreement. So far, the American side has not been able
" to do so, he said. he adds.*
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Washington unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 under President Donald Trump, reimposing tough economic sanctions on Tehran.
Consequently, Iran gradually withdrew from the agreement and is accused of seeking to acquire the atomic bomb, which it denies.
Since April 2021, indirect negotiations have been taking place under the aegis of the European Union to reintegrate the United States into the agreement and bring Iran back to compliance with its commitments dictated by this pact, in exchange for the lifting of American sanctions. targeting Tehran.
These discussions have been blocked since March.
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