Trump threatened and invited Iran to direct negotiations around the nuclear program. Refused him

Iran rejected a direct dialogue with the United States on Sunday, estimating that it « would not make sense » after the US president Donald Trump suggested conversations without intermediary and threatened to bombard the country in case diplomatic efforts failed.

Western countries, led by the United States, have been suspected for decades that Tehran intends to obtain nuclear weapons. Iran rejects these accusations and claims that their nuclear activities are only for civilian purposes, the highest energy.

Donald Trump sent a letter to Iranian leaders last month, calling for a nuclear program negotiations. The US president also threatened to bombard Iran in case diplomacy scheduled, and he had already taken additional sanctions against the Iranian oil sector.

« Direct negotiations with a side that constantly threatens the use of force (…) and whose different officials express contradictory views would make no sense, » said Iranian diplomacy chief Abas Arakčiaccording to a statement published on Sunday by his ministry.

« But we remain dedicated to diplomacy and we are ready to try through indirect negotiations, » Arakci added.

Iran and the United States, close allies during Pahlavi’s Monarchy, they have not had diplomatic relations since 1980, after US hostages in the midst of the Islamic Revolution were taken hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran.

However, these two countries communicate indirectly through the Swiss embassy in Tehran. Oman also played an intermediary role in the past, as well as Qatar, to a lesser extent.

The last letter from Donald Trump was delivered to Iran through the United Arab Emirates.

What is the purpose of threat?

The US president said on Thursday that he would rather run « direct negotiations » with Iran. « Going faster and much better you understand the other side than to go through the mediator, » he said. Iranians want intermediaries, but « I don’t think that’s the case yet, » Trump added.

« If we want to negotiate, then why threaten? » asked the Iranian president on Saturday Masud Pezeškianelected last year with the promise to continue the dialogue with the West to obtain the relief of the economy revival.

In 2015, Iran entered into an agreement with the permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, Russia, USA, France and UK) and Germany on regulating its nuclear activities. The text predicted the alleviation of sanctions in exchange for the supervision of Iranian nuclear activities.

In 2018, Donald Trump withdrew his country from an agreement during his first term and re -introduced sanctions. As retribution, Iran distanced himself from the text and accelerated his nuclear program.

Iran does not want to get nuclear weapons, but « will have no other choice but to do it » in case of attack on the ground, he warned on Monday But Lariaansa close advisor to the Iranian supreme leader, ayatollah Ali Hamenei.