Nuclear Iran .. A variation in the Biden administration and Tehran escalated against France and refused the entry of new parties to the agreement

The American newspaper Politico said that there is discrepancy in the administration of President Joe Biden;

Among those who see addressing the Iranian nuclear file an early priority, and those who refuse to set a time frame for returning to the agreement.

A US State Department official confirmed - in a statement published on the newspaper's website - that returning to the nuclear deal will take longer than many advocates of this agreement would like.

He pointed out that Iran is still far from complying with the requirements of the nuclear deal, and there are many steps that will need to be evaluated.

In statements carried by the site, another US official explained that US administration employees involved in the sanctions policy on Iran are thinking about the steps that should be taken to return to the agreement, and that they are planning to present their ideas to the political appointees by the Biden administration, including the new US special envoy to Iran Rob Mali. .

And the American website quoted an aide to a Republican lawmaker in Congress as saying that lawmakers who have doubts about the agreement will likely oppose many of Biden's attempts to ease the sanctions, and they will also watch how the administration proceeds to implement the sanctions it decided to keep.

The US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that Iran is closer to producing a nuclear bomb, stressing that the Biden administration is seeking to use diplomacy to contain Iran's nuclear program.

The source pointed out that one of the areas of concern lies in how the Biden administration determines the goods that fall under the humanitarian exemptions from sanctions.

It is noteworthy that Iran began to exceed the permissible limits in enriching uranium under the nuclear agreement after Washington withdrew from it in 2018 during the era of former US President Donald Trump, and re-imposed economic sanctions on Tehran.

But the new administration of US President Joe Biden made it clear that it would rejoin the agreement, provided that Tehran would once again fully comply with its terms.

The Iranian position

In the meantime, the spokesman for the National Security Committee in the Iranian parliament, Abul Fadl Amoui, told Al-Jazeera that there is no new agreement with the United States in the absence of a new US policy.

He stressed that the Biden administration is weak, and is still in the atmosphere of the Trump administration, and that it is disappointing, as he put it.

In an interview with Al-Jazeera in the "Harvest" bulletin, Ammoui said that Iran is in dialogue with its neighbors, not with the United States, considering that regional issues are one thing and the nuclear agreement is another.

The Iranian official added, "As for the conversation between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and other regional countries, we believe that talking between neighbors is a normal matter, and has nothing to do with the Iranian nuclear agreement. The nuclear agreement is an issue that has ended, and regional issues are something else."

Regarding the nuclear agreement, Amoyi said that there is no need for new members to join the agreement, but he indicated that if any party wants to join the nuclear agreement, they must accept the agreement first, adding that “there is no chance for Saudi Arabia to join the agreement, and we do not accept talking about our defense policies with anyone.” ".

The Iranian official also emphasized that regional issues are being discussed among regional countries, and the United States cannot talk about the region.

He pointed out that Tehran had an initiative to dialogue with its neighbors, but we did not receive any real signals.

Escalation with France

And Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatib Zadeh called on French President Emmanuel Macron to exercise restraint and avoid hasty and ill-considered statements, as he put it.

Khatibzadeh said that the nuclear agreement is an international agreement that is not subject to negotiation again, and that new parties cannot be brought into it.

Saudi Arabia and France

Israel and Arab and Western powers are calling for a new renegotiation of the Iranian nuclear program, and for the inclusion of new parties in the talks and their expansion to include Tehran's missile program.

On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said any new talks must include Saudi Arabia.

Macron said that any new talks on the nuclear deal with Iran would be very "strict", and that the time remaining to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon was very limited.

Earlier, Saudi Arabia and the UAE said that the Arab Gulf states should participate this time in any talks, and Saudi Arabia demanded that the negotiations address the Iranian ballistic missile program, "and Tehran supports proxies throughout the Middle East."