Khatibzadeh added in his weekly press conference, that the thorny issues are not limited to the issue of removing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard from the list of terrorist organizations, noting that these issues are more than the issue of the Guard, stressing that “all parts of the maximum pressure must be ended and full economic benefit is ensured” from the revival of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. nuclear deal.
He explained that “the atmosphere in Vienna is not negative,” referring to the stalled negotiations there, stressing that his country is awaiting American responses on the remaining issues. He pointed out that the Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Policy of the European Union, Enrique Mora, is still transmitting messages between Tehran and Washington, adding that the messages that Mora conveyed to the Iranian side are “far from solutions” to the outstanding issues.
Khatibzadeh said that his country had reached a preliminary agreement to release part of its frozen assets, accusing the United States of “interfering” in the process of releasing Iranian assets, stressing that the matter was not linked to third parties.
Vienna negotiations to revive the nuclear agreement stopped on March 11, and negotiators returned to their capitals. However, indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington continued, through the Vienna negotiator Enrique Mora.
It is noteworthy that the issue of removing the Iranian “Revolutionary Guard” from the US terrorism list is considered the most prominent outstanding issue before the Vienna negotiations to reach an agreement. Tehran has kept repeating that this is one of its red lines, and it will not give up on it. On the other hand, the United States refuses to respond to this Iranian request.
On the other hand, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf stressed the need to pursue the country’s issues without being dependent on the nuclear agreement and the outcome of the Vienna negotiations.
During the joint meeting between the government and the Iranian Shura Council, Qalibaf said that “in addition to following up on negotiations and lifting the embargo, which is a concern for us, we should pursue the country’s issues without being dependent on the nuclear agreement.”
He considered that “in the event that the country’s issues are linked to the nuclear negotiations, the slightest discussion in the negotiations would affect the price of hard currency or the prices of cars in the country, for example. Therefore, in order to avoid previous mistakes and conditions that mortgaged our economy, we must prevent their recurrence. In fact, we do not An opportunity for us to err.”