The Secretary of the Iranian Supreme Council of National Security Ali Lurdžáni said on Tuesday that Iran is open to negotiations with the United States about its nuclear program, but has excluded any restrictions on the rocket development program. According to AFP and Reuters reports, TASR reports this.
“The way to negotiations with the US is not closed, but Americans only verbally support negotiations, but do not come to the negotiating table, and the Iran blames it incorrectly,” Larídžání wrote in the social network X. “By promoting unrealizable topics such as missile limitations.
Stopping negotiations
Negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program between Tehran and Washington began in April and failed in mid -June, when Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities by air. The United States was also briefly involved in the conflict.
Tehran suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (MAAE) after the attacks and demanded guarantees not to repeat further air raids before continuing nuclear negotiations with the US.
Mechanizmus „snapback“
The declaration of the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council comes a few days after the European States from the E3 group, ie France, Britain and Germany, activated the “Snapback” mechanism and launched a 30-day process at the end of which, under the 2015 nuclear contract, extensive sanctions against Iran.
During the first term of office of President Donald Trump, the United States resigned from the contract in 2018, and Washington then imposed extensive sanctions on Iran. According to US Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Rubia, the US is looking for “a permanent solution to the Iranian nuclear question” and “activation of the Snapback mechanism does not contradict the sincere readiness (US) to diplomacy, but only strengthens it”.
Concerns about armaments
Western countries are afraid that the Iranian uranium enrichment program could provide the necessary material for the production of a nuclear warhead, which would be brought to the destination by a ballistic missile developed under the rocket program. Iran claims that its nuclear program is intended only for civilian purposes.
