Fitzpatrick said that the American side is not optimistic about the efforts of the Europeans, but it should continue discussions on reviving the Iranian nuclear agreement, because the alternatives to diplomacy are terrible and may lead to war.
However, the American guest made it clear - in his speech to an episode of "Beyond the News" program (3/08/2022) - that the issue of optimism about the upcoming talks in Vienna is linked to the chances of providing compromise solutions to the crisis or concessions made by the Iranian side, acknowledging in the same context that the atmosphere The talks of the parties concerned with the Iranian nuclear file worsened this time due to the complexities of the situation between Moscow and Washington due to the war in Ukraine, and between Washington and Beijing against the backdrop of the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
He called on all parties to continue to cooperate positively as they were in the past, and to return to the nuclear agreement signed in 2015.
Regarding the news that Tehran has given up on its demand to remove the name of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard from the list of terrorism, Fitzpatrick described this position - if true - as a positive sign, and said that the administration of President Joe Biden is not ready to meet the Iranian demand, but it may keep the matter on the Quds Force.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry had said that Tehran's delegation to the negotiations would head to Vienna within hours to participate in the negotiations to revive the agreement, and the US special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, confirmed that he was preparing to travel to Vienna for talks on the basis of what he described as the text of the European Union foreign policy official.
new proposals
As for the researcher specializing in regional issues, Muhammad Salih Seddian, he focused on the American behavior, which he said has not changed, and said that the American and Iranian sides are today in front of new proposals and perceptions presented by the European Union foreign policy official, Josep Borrell, noting that the atmosphere is supposed to differ from the talks. Doha.
The Iranian guest criticized the position of the Biden administration, describing it as hesitant and weak, and that this administration cannot guarantee what he expected, in reference to the guarantees provided by Tehran that future US administrations will not withdraw from the deal again.
The nuclear talks that began in April 2021 between Iran and the "4+1" group (France, Britain, China, Russia and Germany) to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement with American participation were suspended.
On June 28, Doha hosted a round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran under European auspices to revive the nuclear agreement.