United States “should be more active and resolve all questions relating to“To a relaunch of the nuclear deal with Iran, said the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov on Saturday. During a press conference at the UN on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the minister hoped that the negotiations in Vienna between Iran, Russia, China, France, the Kingdom United and Germany, with the United States in the background, resume “as soon as possible», As Tehran wished.
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«Iran is not doing anything that would be prohibited“By the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) and its additional protocol, also ruled Sergei Lavrov, criticizing the unilateral sanctions taken against Iran after the departure of the United States in 2018 from the 2015 nuclear agreement. If it no longer applies a number of commitments linked to the 2015 nuclear agreement, it is “just because the United States got out of it“, He noted, stressing that Washington had imposed since 2018 sanctions on Iran which are not only linked to enriched uranium but also target”all those who trade legally with Iran».
For Lavrov, these sanctions are no longer necessary, and “should be lifted as part of the restoration of the nuclear deal“. Throughout the week, the United States and the Europeans have increased the number of talks on the Iranian issue on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. They expressed their frustration, mixed with annoyance, at Iran, which offered no “clear indication», According to them, on his intentions for the resumption of negotiations to save the Iranian nuclear deal.
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Discussions in Vienna to relaunch the nuclear deal, bring the United States back there and at the same time obtain a lifting of American sanctions have been interrupted since the election in June of a new Iranian president.
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