|
|
|
|
Iran doubts alleged US determination to revive nuke deal: FM
|
|
|
|
| Top Stories |
 |
|
|
|
IANS | 01 Nov, 2021
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has
cast doubts on US President Joe Biden's alleged determination to revive
the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.
"Mr. Biden postures as anti-Trump,
but when he wants to talk about Iran, he is still carrying the same
sanctions record with him, and so far he has not taken any practical
steps to lift the sanctions," Xinhua news agency quoted Amir Abdollahian
as saying in an interview.
On Saturday evening, Biden, along
with the leaders of Germany, France and the UK, issued a joint statement
after a meeting at the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome, pointing to
the American President's "clearly demonstrated commitment to return the
U. to full compliance" with the nuclear agreement, formally known as
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The statement also
affirmed Biden's commitment "to stay in full compliance, so long as Iran
does the same", and called upon Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to
"seize this opportunity and return to a good faith effort to conclude
our negotiations as a matter of urgency".
"The problem is that we
hear this will and intention from the Americans in their messages, but
we do not see it in their behaviour," said Amir Abdollahian.
Biden,
the Iranian Minister said, could immediately issue an executive order
to take the US back to the point where his predecessor Donald Trump
withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018.
Amir Abdollahian also
criticised Europeans for exerting pressure on Iran and demanding its
return to the negotiating table while staying "inactive" and not
pressuring the US to comply with its commitments under the deal.
In
the interview, the Iranian top diplomatic chief reiterated ties with
Iran's neighbours and Asian countries including China and Russia, as the
priorities of the current Iranian government's foreign policy.
"We
have explicitly stated that we will not tie the destiny of the people
and the country to JCPOA or to any country in an absolute manner," the
Minister noted.
Since the US abandoned the JCPOA, Iran's Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has consistently urged government
officials not to tie the solution of Iran's economic difficulties to
Washington's will to lift the sanctions as stipulated by the deal.
Since
May 2019, Iran has gradually stopped performing restrictions on its
nuclear program, arguing that its reactions are allowed in the JCPOA in
case of the counterparts' non-compliance and it would return to full
compliance when sanctions are lifted.
After Biden took office in
late January, Iran and the JCPOA Joint Commission held six rounds of
talks in Austria's capital Vienna to revive the agreement between April
and June, but the process was interrupted by the Iranian presidential
election in June and subsequent transition of government.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Customs Exchange Rates |
| Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
|
₹95.3
|
₹93.6 |
UK Pound
|
₹127.7
|
₹123.7 |
Euro
|
₹110.65
|
₹106.9 |
| Japanese
Yen |
₹59.75 |
₹57.9 |
| As on 24 Jun, 2026 |
|
|
| Daily Poll |
 |
 |
| What’s your biggest challenge with the 45-day payment rule? |
|
|
|
|
|
| Commented Stories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
