Iran Returns to Vienna Nuclear Talks “With Five Conditions”
Nuclear talks on the JCPOA continue in Vienna. It is reported that Iran has returned to the negotiations with five conditions. Lifting sanctions and payment of compensation are among these conditions. Iran had previously presented two “unacceptable” draft proposals.
The seventh round of nuclear negotiations resumes on Thursday, December 18 (December 9) after several days of suspension. Iran’s meetings with world powers in the previous six rounds have not been fruitful. The Iranian negotiating delegation has presented two proposed draft texts to the negotiating parties that have not been accepted by them.
Lebanese news network Al-Mayadeen reported Wednesday evening, citing informed sources, that the Iranian delegation in Vienna talks has five conditions.
Al-Mayadeen wrote that Iran’s first condition is dismantling sanctions related to the JCPOA and sanctions under other titles. According to this news network, the Islamic Republic also seeks the ability to verify the lifting of sanctions, guarantees for the parties’ commitment to the agreement, and compensation for damages incurred to Iran.
Response to Britain’s Foreign Secretary Warning
Based on Al-Mayadeen’s report, Iranian sources said they consider a quick conclusion to the negotiations unlikely. They also described recent statements by Britain’s Foreign Secretary as an unacceptable threatening message.
Liz Truss, Britain’s Foreign Secretary, called on Tehran’s officials one day before the Vienna talks resumed to return to their commitments based on the JCPOA provisions, as this is the “last opportunity.”
The Al-Mayadeen network did not mention the names of Iranian sources, but Iranian media, including most official news agencies of the Islamic Republic, published news of Iran’s five conditions citing Al-Mayadeen.
These conditions have not been formally announced by senior Iranian officials or the Iranian negotiating delegation in Vienna.
Since Iran has significantly increased the level and concentration of uranium enrichment in recent months, some analysts have concluded that this could be a “negotiating tactic” to achieve its “maximum demands” in the Vienna talks.
Western countries doubt Iran’s seriousness in the negotiations, and Russia and China, as Iran’s allied countries, have also expressed dissatisfaction with the Islamic Republic’s conditions.
European negotiating countries, including Germany, have described the proposals presented by Iran as “excessive” and “unacceptable,” and have asked Iran to return to the negotiating table with “realistic proposals.”
Source: DW
