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Tehran (AFP) – Iran has received, via Qatar, messages from countries participating in the stalled nuclear file negotiations, according to what its Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian announced on Sunday while he was receiving his Qatari counterpart in Tehran.
“We received, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani, messages from the parties to the nuclear agreement,” Abdullahian said during a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart.
The Iranian official did not provide any details regarding the content of the messages, but he welcomed the efforts made by Doha to revive the nuclear negotiations that have been stalled for months.
“Qatar is trying to return all parties to the nuclear agreement to their obligations,” the Iranian minister added.
Iran and the major powers began talks in April 2021 in Vienna with the aim of reviving the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program concluded in 2015 following the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from it in 2018. However, the discussions did not achieve any tangible progress.
The agreement guarantees the civilian nature of Iran’s nuclear program, which is accused of seeking to develop an atomic weapon, despite its denials.
Meanwhile, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, announced on Tuesday that he intends to visit Iran in February for “essential” talks aimed at getting the country to resume cooperation on its nuclear activities.
A military site in central Iran was attacked by drones on Saturday night, similar to the secret operations that targeted nuclear facilities in recent years.
Regarding the protests that have taken place in Iran since the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, in September, Amir Abdollahian once more denounced on Sunday the “unconstructive role” of the United States and three European countries – Germany, France and Britain – in the “riots”.
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