Iranian Foreign Ministry: The remaining issues in the Vienna negotiations are the “most complex and most important” (Getty)
Informed sources revealed keeping up for negotiations in Vienna Today, Monday, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed regarding the nature of the remaining issues and the “great” progress that the negotiations witnessed recently. Iranian Foreign MinistrySaeed Khatibzadeh, today, said that the remaining outstanding issues that have not yet been resolved through negotiations are “the most complex and most important issues.”
The sources, who preferred not to be named, stated that the “significant” progress is that “the nuclear part of the negotiations is close to closing completely and an agreement was reached on that,” noting that “the most important issue remaining in this part is the differences between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency.” These sources said that “Tehran demands the necessity of closing the agency’s investigation file” regarding four non-nuclear sites where the International Atomic Energy Agency had previously announced that it had found “nuclear materials”.
The sources added that “the most important remaining differences regarding the lifting of sanctions are due to the United States’ refusal so far to remove the Revolutionary Guards from the terrorist list. It also agreed to “suspend” some important economic sanctions re-imposed under the rubric of combating terrorism instead of canceling them,” noting that Tehran It asks to “remove it permanently”.
Regarding the guarantees, the sources revealed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that “there is a preliminary approval so far for Iran to store advanced centrifuges under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency,” noting that Tehran “confirmed that it keeps these devices as a guarantee for the implementation of the other party’s obligations for a speedy return.” to enrich uranium to high levels in case this party reneges on its commitments.
Iranian Foreign Ministry: The remaining issues are the “most complex and most important”
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed today, Monday, that the Vienna negotiations have witnessed “very great progress”, but at the same time, he said that the remaining outstanding issues that have not yet been resolved through negotiations are “the most complex and most important issues.”
Khatibzadeh added, in his weekly press conference, that “preserving achievements and peaceful nuclear science is one of our red lines,” saying: “If we touch the commitment of the other party on two or three remaining issues, we will enter the final stage of concluding the agreement.”
He continued, “We are waiting for Europe and America to take their decisions, but we have not yet noticed their will to take these decisions,” stressing “the need to lift all sanctions that contradict the commitments of the other party and our economic benefit” from the nuclear agreement.
Khatibzadeh explained that “the other side must take difficult and serious steps” to reach an agreement, noting that his country “will not give up its red lines.”
Commenting on the Iranian parliament’s message, yesterday, Sunday, to Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, regarding the necessity of adhering to these lines in the negotiations and obtaining “necessary guarantees,” Khatibzadeh said that “one of the most important guarantees that we are following is self-assurance, and it guarantees the rapid return of Iran’s programs.” nuclear).
And on the third of this month, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, quoting informed sources accompanying the negotiations in Vienna, revealed that Iran insists in the negotiations on “keeping the centrifuges as one of the pressures on the other side to prevent it from withdrawing from the agreement later.”
Red lines
For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian confirmed today, Monday, in an interview with the European “Euronews” channel, that his country and the international community came close to an agreement in Vienna, but added that reaching it “depends on America and Europe showing more flexibility.”
Amir Abdollahian said that “there are issues remaining that are our red lines,” adding that “if the western side deals realistically, we can reach a final agreement within hours.”
In a related context, the Secretary of the Iranian National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, confirmed today, Monday, in a tweet via “Twitter” that his country will not conduct any direct negotiations with America on the Vienna negotiations, attributing this to the fact that this negotiation “will not lead to any breakthrough.” .
He added that the Vienna negotiations were from the beginning between Iran and the 1 + 4 partner group in the nuclear agreement (Russia, China, Britain, Germany and France), stressing that “this path will not change until the outcome” of the negotiations.
