Iran's Raisi, Macron discuss resumption of nuclear talks
Aug 10, 2021 16:27:40 GMT -5
Post by shalom on Aug 10, 2021 16:27:40 GMT -5
Iran's Raisi, Macron discuss resumption of nuclear talks
"In any negotiation, the rights of the Iranian nation should be secured and guaranteed," Raisi says, criticizing the US for abandoning the accord and reimposing crushing sanctions under former President Donald Trump.
By ILH Staff , AP and Reuters Published on 08-09-2021 18:38 Last modified: 08-09-2021 19:24
Iran's Raisi, Macron discuss resumption of nuclear talks
In his first phone call to a Western leader, the new president of Iran asked his French counterpart Monday to help secure Iran's "rights" in now-stalled talks to revive Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers.
Ebrahim Raisi, the hard-line cleric and protégé of Iran's supreme leader who took office last week, told French President Emmanuel Macron that the US and European Union must implement their commitments under the landmark 2015 deal, the official IRNA news agency reported.
France, alongside the US, Germany, Britain, Russia, and China, was part of the original 2015 nuclear agreement and has played a prominent role as an intermediary.
"In any negotiation, the rights of the Iranian nation should be secured and guaranteed," he said, criticizing the US for abandoning the accord and reimposing crushing sanctions under former President Donald Trump.
Even as tensions rise in the region and Tehran gradually abandons its own commitments under the nuclear deal, Raisi's remarks signal the new administration's willingness to return to the table. The parties to the agreement have convened in Vienna over the last several months to resuscitate the accord, which reined in Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The talks ended in June with no date set for their resumption.
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"In any negotiation, the rights of the Iranian nation should be secured and guaranteed," Raisi says, criticizing the US for abandoning the accord and reimposing crushing sanctions under former President Donald Trump.
By ILH Staff , AP and Reuters Published on 08-09-2021 18:38 Last modified: 08-09-2021 19:24
Iran's Raisi, Macron discuss resumption of nuclear talks
In his first phone call to a Western leader, the new president of Iran asked his French counterpart Monday to help secure Iran's "rights" in now-stalled talks to revive Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers.
Ebrahim Raisi, the hard-line cleric and protégé of Iran's supreme leader who took office last week, told French President Emmanuel Macron that the US and European Union must implement their commitments under the landmark 2015 deal, the official IRNA news agency reported.
France, alongside the US, Germany, Britain, Russia, and China, was part of the original 2015 nuclear agreement and has played a prominent role as an intermediary.
"In any negotiation, the rights of the Iranian nation should be secured and guaranteed," he said, criticizing the US for abandoning the accord and reimposing crushing sanctions under former President Donald Trump.
Even as tensions rise in the region and Tehran gradually abandons its own commitments under the nuclear deal, Raisi's remarks signal the new administration's willingness to return to the table. The parties to the agreement have convened in Vienna over the last several months to resuscitate the accord, which reined in Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The talks ended in June with no date set for their resumption.
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