An American newspaper said that President Joe Biden's administration is not planning to lift all sanctions on Iran, as part of a possible return to the nuclear agreement, and while both Washington and Tehran confirm that the other party will take a step in this direction, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States against returning to the agreement .
The Wall Street Journal Thursday quoted Biden administration officials as planning to keep some sanctions in the areas of counterterrorism and human rights.
She said that the current US administration is seeking to attach the nuclear deal with Iran to another agreement that includes other issues, especially the Iranian ballistic missile program, a program that the newspaper described as frustrating, but indicated that it was not prohibited under the 2015 agreement, which the administration of former President Donald Trump withdrew from in the year 2015. 2018, before America re-imposes tough sanctions on Iran.
The newspaper added that the Biden administration's national security team expects many obstacles to persuading Iran to return to the nuclear agreement and conclude a supplementary agreement that includes issues including the Iranian missile program, which Tehran describes as defensive, while Washington and Tel Aviv consider it a threat to the security of the region.
In the context, Reuters reported Thursday, citing two sources - which it described as insiders - that the Biden administration is expected to announce the appointment of Robert Malley - a former foreign policy advisor in the Obama administration - as a special envoy for Iranian affairs.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that President Joe Biden said that his country’s return to the nuclear agreement is contingent on Iran’s respect of all its obligations under this agreement, indicating that reaching this goal will take time.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded Thursday by saying that Blinken should verify the reality, to see that it was Washington that had violated the nuclear deal.
Zarif stressed that Washington's violation of the nuclear agreement, and what he described as its economic terror to the Iranians;
It is forced to take the first step, and he said that the new US Secretary of State should not forget the failure of former US President Donald Trump's policy and his maximum pressure.
Tehran calls on Washington to return to the nuclear agreement and lift the sanctions, and refuses to negotiate a new agreement, and refuses to discuss issues related to its military arsenal, including its missile programs.
To protest the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal and the re-imposition of sanctions on it;
Iran has abandoned some of its obligations, as it recently raised the rate of uranium enrichment to 20%, and is threatening additional steps unless the sanctions imposed on it are lifted.
No immediate solution
In light of the ongoing debate between Tehran and Washington, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that he does not expect an immediate solution to the issue of the United States returning to the Iran nuclear deal.
Guterres added - during a press conference held at the United Nations headquarters in New York - that the parties concerned with the agreement must work together to address the difficulties and obstacles, and gradually move towards a situation in which they can reach a solution.
In a related context, the European Union affirmed that it had always welcomed cooperation with the United States on the Iranian nuclear file, and the EU spokesman said that with the arrival of the new US administration, a method must be found to pave Washington's return to the nuclear agreement, and the spokesman renewed his demand for Iran to respect its obligations under the nuclear agreement.
A fatal mistake
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would be a grave mistake for the new US administration to return to work on the nuclear agreement with Iran.
During his election tour in the Negev region, Netanyahu added that Iran has benefited from the lifting of sanctions, "to occupy Arab countries such as Yemen, Syria and Iraq, and to station them militarily with the aim of launching terrorist operations from its lands."
The Israeli Prime Minister affirmed his determination to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, "because it is a weapon of mass destruction, and Iran does not hide its threats to annihilate Israel," noting that he issued directives to act politically and diplomatically to discourage Iran from its military program, and also directed the army, Mossad and security services to unite their efforts. In order to achieve this.
Economic war
On the other hand, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that his country faced an unprecedented economic war, sanctions and conspiracies by the United States within 3 years, as he put it, adding that the previous American administration "wanted to impose its policies on the country, but the Iranians overcame those pressures." And fail it. "
For his part, Iranian Parliament Speaker Muhammad Baqir Qalibaf said that Tehran is not obligated to implement the nuclear deal if the rest of the parties do not abide by it.
Qalibaf added - after a tour of the "Fordo" nuclear facility - that Parliament will allow the government to return to implement the nuclear obligations if sanctions are lifted from the country and the rest of the parties return to it.
As for the spokesman for the Iranian Atomic Energy Authority, Behrouz Kamalondi, he said that his country's stockpile of uranium enriched by 20% has reached 17 kilograms, indicating that the installation of centrifuges continues.
Kamalondi added that a thousand centrifuges would be installed within 3 months, and that the Atomic Energy Commission would implement the sanctions law passed by Parliament, and fully guarantee the national interests.