All parties resume negotiations on the Iranian nuclear agreement. Iran’s foreign minister: hopes to reach a "good and verifiable" agreement
The Iranian National News Agency and other media reported that on the 27th, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and deputy foreign minister Bagheri led a high-level delegation of more than 40 people to Vienna.
The delegation included senior officials such as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iran and the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance.
Iranian officials said that the level of the delegation shows that Tehran is very serious about participating in the negotiation. The main purpose of Iran's negotiation is to lift the US sanctions against Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahhiyan stated on the 26th that Iran will participate in the negotiations "in good faith", hoping to reach a "good and verifiable" agreement.
Although Iran is full of sincerity, U.S. Political News, Agence France-Presse and other media reported that Washington believes that Tehran's requirements for the negotiations are "unrealistic" and "radical", including the lifting of sanctions against Iran in a verifiable manner.
Iran is playing down discussions to restrict its nuclear program, and it also requires the United States to guarantee that once the Iran nuclear agreement is restored, Washington will not withdraw.
The Law Society analyzed on the 28th that these requirements are difficult for the United States to achieve. The internal and external environment that Washington faces now is very different from when the Iran nuclear agreement was reached in 2015.
Allies’ trust in the United States has declined, conflicts between the United States and China and Russia have intensified, and the new Iran nuclear agreement reached by US President Biden may be difficult to pass in Congress.
U.S. special envoy for Iran, Marley, said that the attitude of Iran indicates that the prospects for negotiations are not good.
A senior U.S. official stated that one of the goals of the U.S. negotiations is to eliminate Iran’s “false expectations” of U.S. measures on Iran.
The United States also expressed dissatisfaction with Tehran for not allowing representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency to enter certain Iranian nuclear facilities for inspections, and believes that Tehran has been accelerating its plans to manufacture nuclear weapons.
In fact, both the United States and Iran have recently released harsh words about the negotiations.
U.S. Secretary of State Blincoln and other senior officials have all recently stated that the patience of the United States is limited.
Brinken also said at the end of October that all options are on the table. The implication is that the United States may force Iran to yield through military action.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Khatibzad said on the 22nd that the window for resuming the Iran nuclear agreement will not always be open to the United States.
On Monday, Iran and the United States will not negotiate directly, but will communicate through representatives of EU countries.
Agence France-Presse said that once the negotiations fail, the United States has limited options to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
There are also views that reaching a short-term provisional agreement can be one of the US diplomatic options, that is, to allow Iran to interrupt certain more sensitive nuclear activities in exchange for certain sanctions exemptions, but this move will inevitably trigger hawks in the United States. Against the opposition, the Biden administration will be criticized against Iraq.
The U.S. is also doing Arab work on the Iranian nuclear issue, which seems to indicate that the U.S. has something to do with it.
Analysts believe that these back-hands may include the use of cyber attacks or military means to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, and the United States may sit idly by when Israel takes action against Iran.
Israel has recently been advocating the possibility of using force against Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Bennett stated on the 23rd that he is ready for the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran and reiterated that Israel will not be bound by any new agreement reached between Iran and world powers.