A day after a phone call with the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell over the stalled JCPOA negotiations in Vienna, Iran’s foreign minister said in a series of tweets on Thursday that Tehran was ready for the conclusion of the talks. I repeated that
“In a constructive conversation with @JosepBorrellF, we discussed the messages exchanged at the Vienna talks and reiterated Iran’s absolute readiness to conclude negotiations as soon as possible. It must stop.It requires real will.We will do everything in our power to secure the rights of our people,” wrote Amira Bdrahian.
Former US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran that had been lifted by the agreement. He imposed additional sanctions on Iran under other pretexts unrelated to the nuclear issue as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign.
Negotiations to save the deal began in the Austrian capital last April, months after Joe Biden took over Trump.
Despite notable progress, US indecision and procrastination interrupted the Marathon talks multiple times.
In a tweet on Thursday, Amira Bdrahian again dismissed Western claims that Iran had delivered weapons and drones to Russia for use against Ukraine.
Iran’s top diplomats also rejected “hypocritical” statements by the United States and some of its European allies regarding what they said were human rights violations at home during recent riots.
“We also reiterated our very clear position on Ukraine: War is not the solution. The accusations are hoaxes and baseless. , has strongly rejected foreign interference.
Riots erupted in Iran on September 16 after the death of a young Iranian woman identified as Martha Amini. A 22-year-old man passed out at a police station in the capital Tehran and was later pronounced dead in hospital. Press TV reports that an official report from Iran’s forensic organization said Amini’s controversial cause of death was due to illness rather than a blow to the head or other vital organs. says.
