Robert Mally’s secret meeting with the US Congress about negotiations with Iran

According to IRNA, Robert Malley, America’s chief nuclear negotiator and the country’s special representative for Iran affairs, is supposed to provide explanations to American lawmakers about the status of nuclear negotiations with Iran in a confidential meeting with members of Congress.

The Politico website announced on Friday evening local time, citing a memo it received, that Rob (Robert) Mali is scheduled to appear in Congress on September 14 (16 September) and present his explanations to the members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives.

Robert Malley, together with Middle East Affairs Coordinator of the White House, Brett McGurk, gave explanations to the Congress on the status of negotiations with Iran on June 15.

At the same time as the sanctions lifting negotiations reached the final station, 50 American Democratic and Republican lawmakers expressed concern in a letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, about a possible agreement with Iran regarding the lifting of sanctions.

In a letter to US President Joe Biden, 34 Democratic and 16 Republican representatives, which was published on Thursday local time, asked him for the full text of any proposal.

proposed for the return of the United States to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) should be submitted to the Congress.

In their letter, these 50 American legislators have asked Biden that all side agreements should be made available to Congress and that the government should consult with the legislative body about returning to the agreement before entering the JCPOA.

In this letter, repeating the baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, it is claimed that they are worried about some clauses that may be included in the final text of the agreement.

These representatives of the American Congress continued to address Biden: We ask you not to enter into an agreement before presenting the full text of the agreement and all side agreements to Congress.

Representatives of the US Congress have claimed that gaining about one trillion dollars as a result of the lifting of sanctions over the next decade from Iran will be a great danger against Americans inside and outside the borders of the United States and Washington’s allies.

It is stated in this letter: Under the proposed agreement, Russia will be the unofficial monitor of adherence to the JCPOA and the custodian of Iran’s enriched uranium without any monitoring mechanism from the United States or European partners.

Calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal, these representatives of the American Congress said that we should not allow Putin to be the guarantor of the Iran nuclear deal and the keeper of Iran’s enriched uranium.

According to IRNA, 30 American Democratic representatives signed a draft letter addressed to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, while expressing concern about the possibility of his administration returning to the nuclear agreement, with any lifting or reduction of the sanctions imposed on Iran. have been, they opposed.

The representatives who signed this draft have demanded that the Biden administration submit its full text to Congress, legislators and other relevant parties before signing the agreement.

These representatives have also opposed the delivery of Iran’s enriched uranium to Russia and demanded that Moscow not be allowed to participate in Tehran’s nuclear projects.

Also, another group of Republican representatives of the US Congress sent a letter to the International Nuclear Energy Agency, demanding the continuation of the agency’s investigation into safeguarding issues related to Iran.

According to these representatives, the Biden administration and its European partners are trying to pave the way for reaching a nuclear agreement by putting pressure on the agency to close safeguards issues.

According to IRNA, the new round of negotiations to lift Iran sanctions after a five-month break began on August 13 in Vienna, and these negotiations ended after four days on August 17 when the delegations returned to the capitals.

The holding of this round of negotiations took place after the European Union’s foreign policy official claimed in the Financial Times newspaper that he has put a new proposal package on the table, which includes up-to-date solutions regarding the lifting of sanctions and Iran’s nuclear steps.

On August 25 (August 16), the Islamic Republic of Iran sent its comments and requests regarding the European Union’s proposals for sanctions relief negotiations in Vienna, and after more than a week, the United States sent its opinion on September 2 (August 24). He presented this to the European Union.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanani, informed the coordinator on the 10th of Shahrivar (September 1st) about the submission of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s comments regarding the US response to the text of the draft agreement on the lifting of sanctions and said: After receiving the US response, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s expert team has been carefully examined and Iran’s answers, after evaluation at different levels, were compiled and delivered to the coordinator tonight. The submitted text has a constructive approach with the aim of finalizing the negotiations.

Following the end of this round of negotiations, the American and European Union officials claimed that the final text was presented to all parties, which cannot be changed and should either be accepted or the negotiations declared a failure, which is this claim by the Iranian Foreign Ministry official. It was rejected and it was announced that due to the continuation of discussions on several important issues, we are not yet at a stage where we can talk about the finalization of the text of the agreement in Vienna.

US Special Representative for Iran Robert Malley also announced that no agreement has been reached (on the nuclear negotiations) because there will be no agreement until all issues are agreed upon.

The talks have reached the crucial stages while reaching the finish line and the final agreement is pending the political decisions of the West, especially the United States of America as the party violating the 1994 agreement.

The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes that it is necessary to reach an agreement, the stability of the lifting of sanctions is guaranteed in some way, and that an issue should not remain as a lever of pressure to be used against Iran in the future, and it is looking for an agreement in which the economic benefit of the people is ensured. Iran’s foreign trade should be removed and illegal restrictions on oil sales should be removed. From this point of view, if the opposite party accepts Iran’s logical demands and the requirements for the formation of a stable and reliable agreement, the final agreement will be reached.