After Macron asked to mediate between her and the United States

Iran: The nuclear deal does not need a mediator or re-discussion

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Iran considered that the nuclear agreement does not need a mediator or re-discussion, in response to the proposal of the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to mediate between it and the United States, which unilaterally withdrew from the agreement.

A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said in a press conference yesterday that "an agreement on the nuclear program does not need a mediator," in response to a question about what the French President had put forward earlier this month.

He pointed out that the agreement concluded in 2015, in Vienna, was written in "more than 150 pages", adding: "When a long and accurate text is written to this extent, this means that there is no need to re-discuss it."

Iran concluded an agreement regarding its nuclear program with the six major powers: (the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China) in 2015, which allowed the lifting of many of the economic sanctions imposed on it, in exchange for limiting its nuclear activities.

But the administration of former US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in 2018 and re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Tehran.

The administration of the new president, Joe Biden, expressed its willingness to return to the agreement, on the condition that Iran return to fully respect its obligations under it, which it had gradually retreated a year after Washington's withdrawal.

On the other hand, Tehran affirms that it will not return to commitments before the US initiative to lift economic sanctions, and that all parties abide by their pledges.

Khatibzadeh believed that "the European countries participating in the agreement must return to their commitments, because Europe itself is one of the parties that violated the agreement," he said.

The Iranian Leader, Ali Khamenei, confirmed yesterday that Iran will not resume its obligations before the lifting of US sanctions, and that this is Tehran's peremptory policy.

On the other hand, Biden stressed, on the same evening, his country's position that Iran must return to fulfill its obligations first.

Reuters quoted a senior official in the Biden administration that the US President had intended, during a television interview broadcast the day before yesterday, that Iran should stop enrichment, beyond the limits stipulated in the nuclear agreement, adding: “The US position has not changed anything. One finger, the United States wants Iran to return to (compliance) with its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and if it does, the United States will do the same.

Tehran calls on European countries to return to their obligations, accusing them of "violating the agreement."

An American official: "Washington's position has not changed an inch ... and Iran must comply with its obligations."

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