Before returning to the "Joint Action Plan"

The Biden administration insists that Iran comply with the terms of the nuclear agreement

Biden rejected Iran's request that the two countries return to the nuclear agreement together.

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After weeks of rejection and stagnation, some progress may be made in returning the United States and Iran to the "Joint and Comprehensive Action Plan" agreement, commonly known as the "Iran Nuclear Agreement."

Washington and Tehran finally began indirect negotiations through other countries in Vienna, and they were organized into two working groups, the first focusing on pushing Iran to comply with the agreement's restrictions on its nuclear activities, and the second studying how the United States would lift its sanctions imposed on Iran, which were re-imposed. Again in three years, after former President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.

The situation is more complicated

The return to negotiations at the working level was good news, but the situation is more complex than it appears, not because the current crisis related to the problems that occurred at one of the nuclear sites in Iran, for which Tehran considered Israel responsible, must now be overcome, but the larger problem with regard to the involvement of the states. The United States and Iran in the negotiations lies in the fact that the administration of the US President, Joe Biden, is still insisting that Iran comply with the full implementation of the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" before the United States returns to it, and this is a difficult matter and perhaps an obstacle that cannot be overcome or bypassed to reach To a solution through negotiations, unless the two countries work to find a way to save face.

One condition

During President Biden's election campaign, he promised to return to the Iran nuclear agreement, but he always had one condition, that Iran should stop violating the terms of the nuclear agreement before the United States returns to it, but Iran offered to return the two countries to the agreement together, believing that after winning Biden in the presidency would be reasonable, which President Biden refused, and his administration continued to demand Iran's compliance with the American request.

State Department spokesman Ned Price reiterated this position, referring to the indirect negotiations that began last week, and said, "What I can say is that we will not make any concessions so that Iran is in a better position." And he added, "Our goal in these negotiations is at Vienna once again, is to pave the way for a joint return to compliance with the terms of the agreement, and the original formula that still exists until now, which provides for a limited lifting of sanctions and nuclear sanctions, in exchange for permanent restrictions that can be verified on the Iranian nuclear program.

The last sentence that Price said preserves President Biden's scenario that the sanctions relief comes in exchange for renewing restrictions on the nuclear program, and the two teams work together in Vienna, but if the Biden administration succeeds in achieving progress and success according to what it wants, then the successive plans will be implemented in a succession, not Synchronized.

Tehran objection

The problem is that Tehran strongly opposes this idea, although it is ready to return in a coordinated manner. However, the Iranian government insists, like the Biden administration, that it will not take the first steps unilaterally, and the Iranian diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, who is participating in the Vienna negotiations, said this week. The past: "Lifting US sanctions is the first and most important necessity for reviving the agreement, and Iran is ready to fully implement the agreement as soon as the sanctions are lifted."

But if neither side budges from its position, then all indirect negotiations in the world will not help avert the outbreak of war, which represents the true significance of these negotiations.

The two countries will reach a dead end until they find an acceptable way forward. No party appears to have taken the first steps, which allows the leaders of the two countries to save their faces and preserve their positions.

It will be difficult to implement this, not least because the lifting of sanctions and the closure of the nuclear infrastructure may not be easy to happen together, and the lifting of sanctions will take at least a few days because banks, companies and institutions update their policies according to legal changes, and in fact the closure or reduction of work in nuclear facilities And to verify this, it could take longer, and it is not as easy as if someone pulled the "cable" of electricity from the device.

During the time it takes to stop businesses and institutions, diplomats can be given the space they need to be able to confirm that they acted according to the promises they made. Regardless of the means, the goal should be to move away from a stupid confrontation and return to the agreement, rely on diplomacy and preserve Peace be upon you.

• During President Biden's election campaign, he promised to return to the Iran nuclear agreement, but he always had one condition, that Iran should stop violating the terms of the nuclear agreement before the United States returns to it, but Iran offered to return the two countries to the agreement together.

Lifting the sanctions and closing the nuclear infrastructure may not be easy to happen together, and the lifting of the sanctions will take at least a few days, because banks, companies and institutions update their policies according to legal changes. In fact, closing or reducing work in Iranian nuclear facilities and verifying this can be done. They take longer.

Bonnie Christian - American freelance journalist

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