Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, met with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, in Geneva, this Monday, 16th, before the second round of negotiations with the United States on Tehran’s nuclear program.
“I am in Geneva with concrete ideas to reach a fair and equitable agreement,” wrote Araghchi on the social network X. “What is not up for discussion: submission in the face of threats.”
On Sunday, in an interview with the television network BBCthe deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, indicated that Iran accepts negotiating the nuclear issue under the condition that there is a reduction in international sanctions led by the United States. “We are ready to discuss this and other issues related to our program, as long as they are also willing to talk about sanctions,” he said.
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Oman hosted the first round of indirect talks between the US and Iran on February 6.
Similar negotiations held last year between the US and Iran over Iran’s nuclear program collapsed after Israel launched what became a 12-day war against Iran that included the US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities.
The United States government maintains military pressure in the region, sending the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to the Middle East.
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US President Donald Trump has declared that Iran must not carry out uranium enrichment under any agreement, a demand that Tehran refutes, citing peaceful purposes for its program.
At the same time, the United States mediated negotiations between Russia and Ukraine also in Geneva, a few days before the fourth year of the Russian invasion.
