European Troika Statement at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting on Iran

France, Germany and Britain, three countries that are parties to the nuclear deal with Iran, issued a joint statement on Wednesday evening, according to Fars News Agency’s International Group.

In the first paragraph of the 16-paragraph statement, the three countries thanked Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, for their latest report on Iran.

The European Troika has continued to express concern over what it calls “Iran’s systemic nuclear tensions” and claims that Iran’s actions in enhancing the international community’s nuclear capabilities pose serious risks.

They have argued that Iran’s 20 to 60 percent uranium enrichment has no civilian justification and is unprecedented for a non-nuclear-weapon state.

The Europeans also called Iran’s recent move to install advanced centrifuge infrastructure a “worrying development” and argued that the event could facilitate higher-level enrichment for Iran.

In the seventh paragraph of this statement, it is claimed that Iran’s actions have reduced the value of Borjam in the field of nuclear non-proliferation. “Iran’s R&D activities and its widespread use of advanced centrifuges have continuously improved its enrichment capabilities,” the statement said. This means that the continuation of Iran’s provocative actions will irreversibly reduce the value of Borjam as a non-proliferation agreement.

Three other European countries have also expressed concern over what they say is a reduction in Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, claiming that this has reduced the IAEA’s ability to monitor Iran’s nuclear program.

“For nine months now, Iran has been suspending all transparency and verification measures agreed upon by the UN Security Council and the Additional Protocol,” the European Troika claimed.

“The fact that Iran has not fully implemented this agreement is extremely worrying and calls into question Iran’s readiness to act in good faith,” the statement said in part.

“We call on Iran to immediately restore the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to Karaj,” they said.

One year after the withdrawal of the United States from the UN Security Council, the Islamic Republic of Iran fulfilled all its obligations under this agreement to give European countries that promised to compensate for the effects of Washington’s withdrawal from the agreement a chance to fulfill this promise.

One year after the US withdrawal from Borjam, Tehran announced that it would reduce its obligations under Borjam in a few steps, given that European countries had not fulfilled their promises. The reduction of Iran’s obligations took place under the provisions of the Borjam nuclear agreement.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, after taking 5 steps to reduce its commitments, finally announced on December 6, 2009 that it no longer faces any operational constraints (including enrichment capacity, enrichment percentage, amount of enriched materials, and research and development).

Western countries, led by the United States and the Zionist regime, have in recent years accused Iran of pursuing military goals in its nuclear program. Iran has strongly denied these allegations.

Iran emphasizes that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

In addition, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors have visited Iran’s nuclear facilities several times but have never found any evidence that the country’s peaceful nuclear energy program is deviating from military purposes.

In addition, in 2015, Iran reached an agreement with the so-called P5 + 1 countries to resolve tensions over its nuclear program. Despite the International Atomic Energy Agency’s acknowledgment of Iran’s adherence to all of its obligations, the US government unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in May 2016.

The Biden administration has said it intends to pave the way for a US return to Burjam through the Vienna talks, but the White House has refrained from taking the necessary steps to bring the US back under maximum pressure during his presidency.

The first round of Vienna talks under the government of Ebrahim Raisi, the new president of Iran, is scheduled to take place in Vienna on December 29th. Iran has stated that efforts to lift all sanctions will be the most important agenda of the Iranian delegation in these talks.

In the government of Hassan Rouhani, the former president of Iran, six rounds of talks were held in Vienna, but those talks failed due to the US insistence on some irrational positions.

One area of ​​contention in those negotiations is the US insistence on maintaining some of the sanctions imposed on Iran by the Donald Trump administration after its withdrawal from the UN Security Council.

In addition, the Biden administration has stated that it can provide no guarantee that subsequent US administrations will not withdraw from the UN Security Council. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Iranian negotiating team had even reduced its request to the United States to guarantee that the Biden administration would not leave the UN Security Council, which was opposed by the United States.

In addition, US government officials have previously stated that they intend to use the BRICS entry as a “platform” to address other disputes, including missile and regional issues.

Recently, the Supreme Leader stressed in a meeting that the Americans want to include a clause in the Borjam nuclear deal to oblige Iran to talk about missile and regional issues.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution noted in his last meeting with the Twelfth Government: “Otherwise we will not have an agreement.”

Ayatollah Khamenei said, “By saying this, they want to provide an excuse for their subsequent interventions on the principle of BRICS and missile and regional issues, and if Iran refuses to discuss them, they will say that it has violated the agreement and the agreement is unresolved.”

The Islamic Republic of Iran has emphasized that, given that the United States has been a party to the agreement, it is Washington that must return to the agreement by lifting sanctions, and that the fulfillment of US obligations needs to be verified. Tehran, of course, has emphasized that it is not in a hurry to bring the United States back to the agreement.

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