US inaction pulls Vienna talks to a standstill – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Mehr News Agency, International Group: Tehran Times newspaper “Last week marked the first anniversary of the resumption of talks between Iran and world powers after the Washington administration unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal,” the report said, referring to the impact of US passivity on the Vienna talks. However, despite this period, the talks have not been accompanied by an agreement that will lead to the revival of Barjam.
The Tehran Times writes: “The reason for this is the reluctance of the United States to make serious decisions, which Iran, in turn, has taken to advance the negotiations.”
While Iran has passed the difficult decision-making stage, the United States remains reluctant to make decisions while still emphasizing misplaced demands.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says: “Although most of the final text has been agreed upon, the American side has made excessive demands that are in conflict with some clauses of the text.” In the area of lifting sanctions, outside the negotiations, they are interested in proposing and imposing new conditions.
Amir Abdullahian stressed: “The Americans are constantly talking about the need for direct negotiations with Iran, and we have told them many times that if you are in good faith, before any agreement, present one or two tangible issues, for example, release some of Iran’s assets.” do. We did not ask them for money and loans, we just told them to let the money of the Iranian people be released.
He also reiterated Iran’s red lines, saying that the country sees no interest in direct negotiations with the United States. The Iranian foreign minister had previously said that the ball was now in US court.
Meanwhile, the United States is sending signals that it is not ready to make the political decisions that Iran wants.
Iran demands that the Biden government remove the name of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the list of so-called terrorist organizations, because the previous administration’s decision to blacklist the organization was politically motivated and aimed at stonewalling the path of revival. Borjam has been.
A senior Biden government official told The Washington Post that Biden had no intention of meeting the demand, but that the move could lead to a stalemate.