Advances in nuclear discussions between the USA and Iran – Diepresse.com

Negotiations between the United States and Iran on the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic are making progress. After almost four hours of discussions in Rome, both sides agreed to commission experts to work on a framework for a possible agreement, the Iranian Foreign Minister said Abbas Araghchi on Saturday with. The USA and Iran want to continue their negotiations in Oman next Saturday.

« We were able to make progress in a number of principles and goals and ultimately achieved a better understanding, » said the minister. At first there was no statement from the American side. The United States wants to prevent Iran from developing atomic bombs. The government in Tehran rejects this.

Oman

At her second indirect meeting within a week, Araghchi negotiated with the US-Naie-East envoy Steve Witkoff. A high -ranking Omani government employee sent the respective statements of the two sides in the indirect conversations. Araghchi described the negotiations on state television as useful and constructive. « It has been agreed that the negotiations will continue and to enter the next phase in which meetings at Oman’s meetings will begin at the expert level on Wednesday, » he announced. « The experts are given the opportunity to start designing a framework for an agreement. »

The chief negotiators should then meet again in Oman next Saturday, « to check and evaluate the work of the experts how closely they match the principles of a possible agreement ». With regard to the spiritual and political head of Iran, Ayatollah Ali KhameneiThe minister said: « We cannot say with certainty that we are optimistic. We act very carefully. But there is also no reason to be excessively pessimistic. » In the run -up to the consultations, Khamenei had declared that he was neither overly optimistic nor pessimistic.

Tehran wants to accept some restrictions

The West has accused Iran for years to secretly strive for nuclear weapons. Iran rejects this and has repeatedly said that his nuclear program only serves civilian use. In the indirect negotiations in Oman in the indirect negotiations in Oman, Iran had informed the United States that he was ready to accept some restrictions on his uranium enrichment. At the same time, the leadership in Tehran demands guarantees from the USA that a possible new nuclear agreement cannot be terminated again later.

Already in 2015 Iran, the USA, Russia, China, Great Britain, France and Germany had concluded an agreement that, in return, provided for the relaxation of international sanctions in return for concessions in the nuclear program. However, US President Donald Trump had dropped out of this contract in his first term in his first term and had put sanctions against the Islamic Republic back into force. Iran then no longer adhered to the agreement and has exceeded the limits of its uranium enrichment set in 2015. Production goes far beyond what the West considers for a civil energy program as necessary.

In his second term, Trump revived his policy of « maximum pressure » towards Iran. He threatened the country with bombing if it was not ready to compromise. In addition, Israel did not attack the Iranian nuclear facilities in the coming months, as insiders reported. (APA/Reuters)