German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday warned Iran not to wreck talks over the 2015 international treaty on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, calling on Tehran to make concessions from the Munich Security Conference podium. .
The Iranian leadership “has a choice before it”; “now is the time for the truth”, said the head of the German government.
“We have come a long way in the negotiations in Vienna over the last ten months. “All the information needed to complete the negotiations is on the table.”
However, the German chancellor warned that the continuation of uranium enrichment would be considered unacceptable as the monitoring of Iran’s activities in the field by observers of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continues to be suspended.
“Acquiring a nuclear arsenal (from Iran) is unacceptable to us. “Because also the security of Israel is non-negotiable.”
It will soon be decided whether there will be a return to the 2015 treaty, formally the Joint Integrated Action Plan (JAP), Mr Soltz added.
“We now have the opportunity to reach an agreement that will allow the lifting of sanctions,” he said, adding, however, that “if we do not conclude it quickly, there is a risk that negotiations will fail.”
Later in the day, Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdolahian argued that the success of the talks depended equally on the other parties, stressing that Tehran was serious and that progress had been made. He assured that the Iranian leadership wants an agreement to be reached as soon as possible.
However, the Iranian diplomat added, the other parties, and especially the US, should also show goodwill, judging that the ball is now in their own court.
Talks in Vienna in recent months have been aimed at reaching an agreement on Tehran returning to full compliance with the treaty and Washington rejoining it, lifting sanctions it has re-imposed. The ICC provided for the lifting of international economic sanctions against Iran, in exchange for severe restrictions on the country’s nuclear program, so that in theory at least any possibility of the Islamic Republic acquiring a nuclear arsenal could be ruled out.
Former US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw Washington from the agreement unilaterally in 2018 and impose previous sanctions as well as new ones led Iran to begin in May 2019 to abandon compliance with many of the restrictions on its nuclear program. country provided for under the Treaty.
Many experts now estimate that Iran is only a few weeks away from having enough fissile material to build a nuclear weapon – although there are still many, extremely complex, steps to be taken to make such a weapon.
The U.S. government spoke on Thursday about “substantial progress” in the Vienna talks, saying it was possible to reach an agreement “within days” but only if Iran “shows that it is taking the issue seriously.”
Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri also assured this week that the envoys are “closer than ever” to their goal, adding “but nothing has been agreed until it is agreed.”
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