White House deputy spokeswoman Karen John Pierre reiterated Washington's readiness to reciprocate the return to the nuclear agreement with Iran, following statements by Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei in which he said that the experience of trust in Western countries failed and was not successful during the era of President Hassan Rouhani.
Pierre stressed - during a press conference - that Washington's interest in seeking to comply with the agreement with Iran will not remain on the table indefinitely, as she put it.
For his part, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that negotiations with Iran in Vienna cannot continue indefinitely.
Blinken added - in a press conference held in Kuwait - "We negotiated indirectly with the Iranians in Vienna, and we showed good faith and a will to return to the nuclear agreement," stressing that negotiations with Iran cannot continue indefinitely, and the ball is now in Tehran's court.
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In the last meeting with the government of outgoing President Hassan Rouhani, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that the United States was demanding, during the Vienna negotiations, the inclusion of a new clause in the nuclear agreement, including Tehran's agreement to negotiate other files in the future.
Khamenei added that Washington says that reaching an understanding on reviving the nuclear agreement will depend on agreeing to this new condition, which will turn it into a tool for meddling in Iran's affairs, and that the US administration will not provide guarantees to Tehran that the nuclear agreement will not be violated again.
He explained that the United States insisted on its positions during the nuclear negotiations in Vienna, and did not back down from these positions, and this shows its stubbornness, as he put it.
The Iranian guide stressed that the experience of trusting Western countries failed and was not successful during the Rouhani era, stressing that the next government should benefit from this experience, which stresses the need not to place trust in Western countries.
The sixth round of the Vienna negotiations ended in late June, when Tehran said that delegations had returned to their capitals for consultations, while the United States said that major issues were still outstanding.
While no date has been set for the start of a seventh round of negotiations, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the suspension of negotiations was due to the transfer of power in Iran, and stated that their resumption is linked to President Ibrahim Raisi's assumption of power next August.