Negotiations have been routing for months and deep disagreements between Iran and the United States. In parallel, the International Atomic Energy Agency is worried about the Iranian nuclear program, which “goes very, very quickly”.
Le Monde with AFP
This is the first time since March that all parties (Iran, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany) meet, with the indirect participation of the United States, in order to save the agreement Moribond of 2015. The negotiators in charge of the Iranian nuclear file met on Thursday August 4, after months of blocking, to try to relaunch the process and stop the technological escalation of Tehran.
On Wednesday for Vienna, where the talks under the aegis of the European Union coordinator (EU), Enrique Mora, the Iranian negotiator, Ali Bagheri, took place the United States to “seize” This opportunity (…) to act in a responsible manner “.
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In a message announcing his trip, Washington’s emissary, Robert Malley, however, tempered enthusiasm. “Our expectations are measured, but the United States (…) are ready in good faith to try to find an agreement, he wrote on Twitter. We will be quickly set to find out if Iran is ready for the same thing. “
After the failure of talks in Qatar between Americans and Iranians at the end of June, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, submitted a compromise project on July 26 and called on the parties to accept it for Avoid a “dangerous crisis”.
Iran also proposed “ideas” and hopes to debate it “in this cycle of talks,” said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Nasser Kanani. A European diplomat based in Vienna praised “a meeting that manifests everyone’s desire to move forward”. “It’s positive, but at the same time there is absolutely nothing guaranteed,” he warned.
“The Iranian nuclear program goes very, very quickly”
Among the obstacles that remain, the lifting of sanctions against the Guardians of the Revolutionary, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic. Tuesday, John Kirby, the White House spokesman for strategic questions, reaffirmed the refusal of the American to withdraw them from the list of terrorist organizations “as part of these talks”.
Tehran also claims guarantees in case the successor to Joe Biden is reconsidant, as well as the closure of a survey by the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), the UN gendarme nuclear.
The agreement, known under the acronym JCPOA (for understanding joint plan of action – “global joint action plan”), aims to guarantee the civil character of the nuclear program of Iran, accused of seeking to be Provide the atomic weapon despite its denials. Following the unilateral withdrawal of the United States, in 2018, under the leadership of Donald Trump and the restoration of American sanctions, Tehran gradually freed from his obligations.
Iran has thus exceeded the rate of uranium enrichment of 3.67 % set by the JCPOA, amount to 20 % at the beginning of 2021. Then it crossed the unprecedented threshold of 60 %, approaching 90 % necessary for making a bomb. In this technological race, Tehran has also multiplied the number of centrifuge. Just this week, new machines began to be fed on the Natanz site and several hundred others were installed, according to a report submitted by the AIAA to member states on Wednesday.
“The program goes very, very quickly (…), growing up in ambition and capacity,” worried the day before Rafael Grossi, the director general of the agency.