Rouhani confirms Tehran's refusal to amend the terms

United States: It is too early to revive the Iran nuclear deal

The uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, south of Tehran.

Reuters

Spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, announced that the United States believes that it is too early to agree to Tehran's proposal for the European Union to intervene to revive the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, while Iranian President Hassan Rouhani confirmed Tehran's refusal to amend the terms of the agreement on its nuclear program, or add any Tips to it.

"If Iran returns to fully fulfill its obligations stipulated in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the United States will take the same step," a State Department spokesman said.

He added that President Joe Biden's administration will consult with its allies, partners and Congress before it reaches a stage in which it conducts direct consultations with the Iranians, reiterating the calls made by Washington to Iran to respect the content of the agreement signed in 2015.

Tehran had previously stressed that Washington should lift all the sanctions imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump before retreating from any step it took, but Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif called two days ago for the European Union to mediate between his country and the United States to save the nuclear agreement from which it withdrew. Washington.

For his part, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani renewed yesterday his country's position of refusing to amend the terms of the agreement on its nuclear program, or add any parties to it.

In a televised speech during the weekly meeting of the Iranian government, Rouhani said: “I say clearly to the international community, especially the countries involved in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the official name of the agreement), whether it is 4 + 1 or 5 + 1 in the future, that no item will be changed from The nuclear agreement, and no one will be added to the joint comprehensive action plan.

Nearly a year after the US withdrawal, Tehran backtracked on the implementation of most of its basic obligations under the agreement that established a legal framework embodied in UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

Iranian officials stressed in previous statements that the priority for them is to lift US sanctions and not Washington's return to the agreement. For its part, the new US administration called on Iran to resume full implementation of its obligations, before Washington returns to the agreement.

In addition, the United States expressed its concern about Iran's launching a missile capable of carrying a satellite, warning that the test would strengthen the Iranian missile arsenal. The US State Department said, “Washington is concerned about Iran's efforts to develop space launch vehicles (space missiles)," Given the ability of these programs to push forward the Iranian ballistic missile development (mechanisms).

A spokesman for the ministry said, "Space launch vehicles pose major concerns in terms of nuclear proliferation, as they use technological techniques identical to those used in ballistic missiles, including long-range systems."

The spokesman pointed out that the recent Iranian measures have increased the urgent US demand to confront the Iranian nuclear program, in reference to Iran’s enrichment of uranium with a greater number of advanced centrifuges in an underground facility in Natanz, south of Tehran.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report, the day before yesterday, that Iran had completed the installation of one of the three sets of devices, which include 174 centrifuges, and began feeding the devices with uranium hexafluoride gas, and the agency later confirmed that Tehran had started enriching the second set of devices.

• Washington expresses its concern about Tehran's conducting a new missile test.

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