Iran’s foreign minister confirmed the preparations of the framework for future negotiations with the US on the nuclear program. At the same time, he disagreed with some US red lines and restricted the access of IAEA inspectors.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi confirmed on Wednesday that Tehran is preparing a framework for future nuclear negotiations with Washington. He did so in a phone call with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, TASR reports, according to an AFP report.
In the conversation, Arákchi “stressed the Islamic Republic of Iran’s focus on developing an initial and clear framework for progress in future negotiations,” according to a statement from the Department of Diplomacy. He spoke with the head of the IAEA a day after the second round of negotiations between Iran and the US, which was mediated by Oman in Geneva.
They didn’t accept all the limits
The head of diplomacy said on Tuesday that Tehran had agreed with Washington on basic principles that could pave the way for a nuclear deal. But US Vice President JD Vance said Iran had not yet accepted all the red lines set by President Donald Trump.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned on Wednesday that the US will deter Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons “one way or another”.
The permanent representative of Iran at the IAEA, Reza Najafi, met in Vienna on Wednesday with Grossi, as well as the ambassadors of China and Russia. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the upcoming meeting of the Board of Governors and “developments related to Iran’s nuclear program,” Iran’s mission in Vienna said on Platform X. Tehran has partially suspended cooperation with the IAEA and limited the agency’s inspectors’ access to its nuclear facilities. This happened after the US attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities last year and the IAEA did not condemn the attack.
