Weekend Reads Nuclear: Iran estimates that "a new chapter" opened to Vienna

© AFP Hassan Rohani in Tehran on April 7, 2021.

The Iranian President Hassan Rohani said Wednesday that negotiations on nuclear power, Who started in Vienna the day before with the international community could take place "in a short time". Tehran will not negotiate with Washington in a direct way as long as the US economic and financial sanctions are not lifted.

The Iranian President Hassan Rohani said Wednesday, April 7 that "a new chapter" had opened with the discussions of Vienna between Tehran and the international community to try to save the Iranian nuclear agreement.

This agreement, concluded in the Austrian capital in 2015, is moribund since the United States came out in 2018 under the chairmanship of Donald Trump. In response to this withdrawal, which was followed by an avalanche of American economic and financial sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Iran freed them from most of the key commitments it had taken in 2015.

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday that initial talks with the U.S. and world powers in Vienna to rescue the deal were a “success” that opened a “ new chapter ” to save the agreement, according to a statement via his official website. An early economic olive branch appears to have already failed, with Iran describing a proposal from the U.S. to release billion of frozen oil money in exchange for Iran capping its uranium enrichment program as “ridiculous.” “The first issue that these talks are going to have to resolve is the basic disconnect in approach,” Kirsten

On Tuesday, Iranian and American officials began indirect talks on the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with intermediaries from the other signatories to the agreement carrying messages between the two delegations. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhani brought up the previous day’s meetings and declared that “ a new chapter has just been opened .” It’s not clear what, if any, progress was made during the first day of the meeting, being held in Vienna , Austria.

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Indirect

talks The discussions that began on Tuesday in Vienna are intended to find a way to reintegrate the United States into the agreement and bring Tehran to the strict application of the text.

Tehran refusing any direct meeting with Washington, these talks take place on the one hand between the states still parties to the agreement (Iran and the countries of 4 + 1: China, France, Great Britain, Russia and Germany, as well as the EU, guaranteeing the agreement), and on the other side between Europeans and Americans.

"A new chapter has just been open yesterday," Hassan Rohani said in a speech in the Council of Ministers. "If (Washington) is serious and honesty - that's all we ask (...) - I think we can negotiate in a short time, if necessary, with the 4 + 1", a Added Iranian President. According to him, "the United States can pay (of their obligations) without negotiations".

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that talks in Vienna on rescuing a troubled 2015 nuclear deal had opened a " new chapter ". An Iranian delegation met Tuesday with representatives of the remaining parties to the agreement to discuss how to bring Washington back into it and end But differences remain over the mechanics of the move as Tehran has since responded by suspending compliance with some of its own obligations under the deal. The United States was not present at Tuesday's discussions because Iran has refused to meet the US delegation so long as its sanctions

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that talks in Vienna on rescuing a troubled 2015 nuclear deal had opened a " new chapter ". An Iranian delegation met Tuesday with representatives of the remaining parties to the agreement to discuss how to bring Washington back into it and end But differences remain over the mechanics of the move as Tehran has since responded by suspending compliance with some of its own obligations under the deal. The United States was not present at Tuesday’s discussions because Iran has refused to meet the US delegation so long as its sanctions

"A constructive forum"

Iran claims the lifting of all the sanctions that weigh on it and refuses to meet the US diplomats until these penalties remain in effect. EU negotiators therefore provide an intermediary role between Iran and the United States.

Washington considers, however, that the Vienna discussions are "a constructive forum", said Wednesday the American state department. "The discussions have so far been professional and they produce what we thought they would produce," said Ned Price journalists, spokesperson for the State Department. "They provide us with a better understanding of Iran's mindset and we believe that Téhran's reversal will leave this session of discussions with a better understanding of what we are willing to do," said Ned Price.

with AFP