Against the background of the difficulties in the talks on the nuclear deal: the US imposed new sanctions on Iran
In an attempt to put additional pressure on the regime in Tehran, the Biden administration announced new sanctions against six companies and commercial entities in Iran.
The American Secretary of State: "We will continue sanctions on oil imports - as long as Iran does not return to the agreement"
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01/08/2022
Monday, August 01, 2022, 18:59 Updated: 19:13
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In the video: Lapid calls for the full return of the sanctions on Iran (Photo: Roni Kanfo)
The Biden administration announced new sanctions against six companies and commercial entities in Iran that are engaged in the marketing, production and sale of oil and petrochemical products while circumventing international sanctions.
Among the entities on which the sanctions were imposed are shipping and tanker companies.
why is it important
This is one of the most significant steps taken by the Biden administration against Iran in recent months.
The new sanctions come against the background of the shuffling in the indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States on returning to the nuclear agreement and in an attempt to exert additional pressure on Iran.
what are they saying
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the United States was serious in its attempts to reach an agreement with Iran on returning to the 2015 nuclear deal.
"Until Iran is ready to return to full implementation of the agreement, we will continue to use sanctions against Iranian oil exports," Blinken said.
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imposed additional sanctions on Iranian companies.
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The last round of indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran that took place in Qatar about a month ago ended without results.
Senior American officials said that no date has been set for another round of talks.
During President Biden's visit to Israel, he stated that the United States "will not wait forever" for Iran to respond to its offer to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement.
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Because President Biden's senior adviser on Middle East affairs Brett McGurk said that the White House estimates that it is "highly unlikely" that there will be a return to the nuclear agreement with Iran in the near future.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, Joseph Burrell, who leads the mediation between the United States and Iran, recently submitted to the parties a draft agreement which he defined as a "final proposal" and called on Iran to make decisions.
In recent days, the Iranians have expressed a desire to hold another round of indirect negotiations with the United States in Vienna, but at this stage no date has been set.
The Iranians claimed that they had comments on the draft presented by Burrell.
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Islami, said today (Monday) that Iran has the technical ability to produce nuclear weapons, but it has no plans to do so.
France, Germany and Great Britain issued a joint statement today in which they emphasized that Iran must not develop nuclear weapons and noted that despite many diplomatic efforts, Iran has not yet agreed to return to the nuclear agreement.
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