Tehran is not acting "
hastily
" in the face of pressure from the West to revive the Iranian nuclear agreement, its foreign ministry said on Monday (July 25th), while talks on this issue have been on hold since. march.
“
They are demanding Iran to make a decision quickly, [insisting that] time is limited and Iran must respond quickly, [but] Iran is not acting in haste
,” the spokesperson said. of the ministry, Nasser Kanani, in his weekly press conference.
Talks in Vienna between Iran and major powers to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have stalled since March.
At the end of June, Qatar organized indirect talks in Doha between Iran and the United States - which withdrew from the agreement in 2018 - in the hope of putting the Vienna process back on track, but these discussions have were discontinued after two days without any breakthrough.
The Islamic Republic "
does not sacrifice the fundamental interests of the country and the nation in a rushed process
,” added Nasser Kanani.
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On Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron estimated after an interview with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raïssi that the relaunch of the agreement "
was still possible
", but "
it had to take place as soon as possible
".
US State Department spokesman Ned Price noted on Thursday that Iran "
did not appear to have made ... the political decisions necessary to secure a mutual return to the deal
."
For his part, the head of British foreign intelligence, MI6, said he doubted that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would support a return to the nuclear agreement.
"
If the United States acts like Iran constructively and in good faith and reacts positively to Iran's positive moves, we believe we are close to an agreement
,” Nasser Kanani said.
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