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A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) speaking at the "Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership" in Sweimeh by the Dead Sea shore in central-west Jordan on December 20, 2022. Photo: AFP/ JORDANIAN ROYAL PALACE / YOUSEF ALLAN
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran is currently open to resume negotiations and reach a deal with the US, however it is not certain if that stance will remain if the west does not deal “realistically” with the topic, the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
“The window to reach an agreement on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran will not always be open,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Iranian state media, adding that “the window is open today, but if the opposite parties, especially the Americans, do not stop the hypocrisy and the Westerners do not deal realistically, it is not clear that the window that is open today will remain open tomorrow.”
The Iranian foreign minister added that they do not have their hands tied, warning that if the west continue their “hypocritical and interventionist” behavior, then Tehran would move in a different direction.
Iran’s violent crackdown on the protests that engulfed the country following the death of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini while in police custody in September led to a barrage of condemnations and sanctions from the international community, also putting on pause the talks aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
While attending the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, held in Jordan earlier this month, Abdollahian met with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to discuss the subject. The EU has served as mediator in the several rounds of negotiations aimed at bringing the US and Iran back to the nuclear deal.
Addressing his meeting with Borrell, the Iranian foreign minister said that they had reached a mutual understanding and that the EU will continue their efforts as mediators.
US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told Rudaw in October that reviving the nuclear deal was not Washington’s focus at the moment, stressing that the priority was ensuring the Iranian people’s right to protest and “holding the regime accountable.”
The JCPOA was signed between Britain, France, China, Germany, Russia, Iran, and the US in 2015, offering Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program to ensure it does not enrich enough uranium to develop a nuclear weapon.
Former US president Donald Trump abandoned the nuclear deal in 2018, believing it was too lenient on Iran.
Sporadic talks, mediated by the European Union, have been held between Iran and the US to restore the JCPOA since April 2021.
“The window to reach an agreement on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran will not always be open,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Iranian state media, adding that “the window is open today, but if the opposite parties, especially the Americans, do not stop the hypocrisy and the Westerners do not deal realistically, it is not clear that the window that is open today will remain open tomorrow.”
The Iranian foreign minister added that they do not have their hands tied, warning that if the west continue their “hypocritical and interventionist” behavior, then Tehran would move in a different direction.
Iran’s violent crackdown on the protests that engulfed the country following the death of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini while in police custody in September led to a barrage of condemnations and sanctions from the international community, also putting on pause the talks aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
While attending the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, held in Jordan earlier this month, Abdollahian met with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to discuss the subject. The EU has served as mediator in the several rounds of negotiations aimed at bringing the US and Iran back to the nuclear deal.
Addressing his meeting with Borrell, the Iranian foreign minister said that they had reached a mutual understanding and that the EU will continue their efforts as mediators.
US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told Rudaw in October that reviving the nuclear deal was not Washington’s focus at the moment, stressing that the priority was ensuring the Iranian people’s right to protest and “holding the regime accountable.”
The JCPOA was signed between Britain, France, China, Germany, Russia, Iran, and the US in 2015, offering Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program to ensure it does not enrich enough uranium to develop a nuclear weapon.
Former US president Donald Trump abandoned the nuclear deal in 2018, believing it was too lenient on Iran.
Sporadic talks, mediated by the European Union, have been held between Iran and the US to restore the JCPOA since April 2021.
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