US sanctions in the run-up to the nuclear discussions with Iran-Diepresse.com
Shortly before new discussions about the Iranian nuclear program, the United States imposed further sanctions to meet the Islamic Republic.
The US State Department announced on Wednesday that the recent step in seven companies based in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Iran. These had acted with Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. Two ships were also targeted.
The measures are part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to exert maximum pressure on Iran. Among other things, the aim of reducing the country’s oil exports to zero and preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
New round of talks at the weekend in Rome
Last Saturday, a third round of talks between the USA and Iran ended. Both sides had spoken out with the reserved afterwards. Both countries in Rome want to come together again next Saturday. Already on Friday, Iran talks are planned for the controversial nuclear program with representatives of the E3 in Rome, which existed from France, Great Britain and Germany.
Western states accuse the government in Tehran to strive for nuclear weapons, which Iran rejects. In 2018, the United States was released from the 2015 nuclear Agreement under its then and today’s president Trump and imposed sanctions. Iran then no longer felt bound to uranium enrichment.
Only on Monday did France had in front of the United Nations Security Council With the reinstatement of U.N.-Sankings threatened against Iran, there should be no agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. His government will not hesitate, said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot. France, Germany and Great Britain, like Russia, the USA and China, signed the nuclear deal with Iran in 2015. It expires in October.
Talks also planned in Oman on Saturday
According to diplomats, Iran had proposed to meet the E3 before his talks with the USA will be resumed about a new agreement. The continuation is scheduled for Saturday. US President Donald Trump has not ruled out an attack on Iran if there is no agreement.
The United States left the 2015 agreement on Trump in 2018 and imposed its own sanctions again. Iran gradually violated the requirements for uranium enrichment in 2019. The other countries have captured the agreement that is supposed to prevent the construction of atomic bombs by Iran. (APA)
