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Iranian Foreign Minister Sees Possibility to Return to Talks on JCPOA on Previous Terms
Iranian Foreign Minister Sees Possibility to Return to Talks on JCPOA on Previous Terms
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Participants in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) may resume talks based on the "trust in exchange for lifting sanctions"... 16.09.2024, Sputnik Africa
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A new government headed by President Masoud Pezeshkian came to power in Iran in early August. The cabinet includes the JCPOA authors: Mohammad Javad Zarif became the vice president, and Abbas Araghchi became the foreign minister. The latter, according to the ISNA agency, recently stated that the JCPOA in its current form could not be restored but did not rule out new talks on the deal, which would involve changing some parts of the agreement. Noting that a number of provisions of the "nuclear deal" are outdated and need to be changed, the minister emphasized that, in his opinion, the JCPOA still represents "an appropriate form that can direct us to a new agreement." However, as the minister asserts, everything depends on whether the parties can find a platform for mutual understanding in order to resume negotiations on equal terms. In 2015, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Russia, the United States, France, and Iran concluded a nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which involved lifting sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear program. The United States, under President Donald Trump, withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Tehran. In response, Iran announced a gradual reduction in its commitments under the deal, abandoning restrictions on nuclear research, centrifuges, and uranium enrichment levels. In December 2021, Iran voluntarily allowed the IAEA to replace cameras at the Karaj nuclear facility, but the agency was not given access to install surveillance cameras or confirmation that the facility had not resumed production of centrifuge rotor tubes and bellows. At the same time, Tehran said it would provide surveillance camera data from the Karaj nuclear facility only after all US sanctions were lifted. In early June, Moscow, Tehran, and Beijing said in a joint statement issued as part of the agenda of the sixth meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors that they were convinced that the time had come for Western countries to take steps to restore the nuclear deal agreement, with Russia, China, and Iran being ready to do so.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Sees Possibility to Return to Talks on JCPOA on Previous Terms
09:45 16.09.2024 (Updated: 16:52 16.09.2024) TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Participants in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) may resume talks based on the "trust in exchange for lifting sanctions" formula used in the past, but everything depends on whether they could reach an understanding to negotiate on equal terms, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday.
A new government headed by President Masoud Pezeshkian came to power in
Iran in early August. The cabinet includes the JCPOA authors: Mohammad Javad Zarif became the vice president, and Abbas Araghchi became the foreign minister. The latter, according to the ISNA agency, recently stated that the JCPOA in its current form could not be restored but did not rule out new talks on the deal, which would involve changing some parts of the agreement.
"First, a suitable basis must be created to resume negotiations, then we will hold talks based on the formula applied in the JCPOA in the past. Building trust [on the part of Iran regarding its nuclear program] in exchange for lifting sanctions [on the part of the West]. We can return to this formula again," Araqchi said.
Noting that a number of provisions of the "nuclear deal" are outdated and need to be changed, the minister emphasized that, in his opinion, the JCPOA still represents "an appropriate form that can direct us to a new agreement."
However, as the minister asserts, everything depends on whether the parties can find a platform for mutual understanding in order to resume
negotiations on equal terms.
In 2015, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Russia, the
United States, France, and Iran concluded a nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which involved lifting sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear program. The United States, under President
Donald Trump, withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Tehran. In response, Iran announced a gradual reduction in its commitments under the deal, abandoning restrictions on nuclear research, centrifuges, and uranium enrichment levels.
In December 2021, Iran voluntarily allowed the
IAEA to replace cameras at the Karaj nuclear facility, but the agency was not given access to install surveillance cameras or confirmation that the facility had not resumed production of centrifuge rotor tubes and bellows. At the same time, Tehran said it would provide surveillance camera data from the Karaj nuclear facility only after all US sanctions were lifted.
In early June, Moscow, Tehran, and Beijing said in a joint statement issued as part of the agenda of the sixth meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors that they were convinced that the time had come for Western countries to take steps to restore the nuclear deal agreement, with
Russia, China, and Iran being ready to do so.
