Saudi Arabia’s government released a statement on Tuesday calling for regional countries to be involved in any negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. The statement came after a Saudi cabinet meeting headed by King Salman.
The statement said the Saudi cabinet “stresses the importance that the countries most affected by Iranian threats must be a party to any international negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program and behaviors that threaten the security of the region.”
Iran has already rejected calls from France for nuclear talks that include regional countries since Tehran is seeking a revival of the JCPOA as it was negotiated in 2015. The JCPOA was signed by Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, known as the P5+1.
As it stands, the US and Iran are far apart on reviving the JCPOA. President Biden has said he will not lift sanctions on Iran until the Islamic Republic scales back its nuclear activity to the limits agreed to in 2015. Since the US is the party that violated the deal, Tehran wants Biden to act first.
The Saudi statement also said the international community should stand up to what it calls Iranian “aggression” in the region. The cabinet mentioned the war in Yemen and the Houthis but made no mention of President Biden’s plan to end US support for “offensive” operations in Yemen.
Iran has every right to reject newcomers to the JCPOA talks.
How about inviting Yemen?
Not only should other countries in the region be invited, their presence should be demanded. The entire region, including Israel, should be subject to everything Iran is under the JCPOA. And any follow up negotiations regarding Iran’s ballistic missiles should also include the entire region with the same conditions. Any no shows will be considered rogue states hellbent on having nukes, or keeping them(Israel), and will be subject to the “maximum pressure campaign”.
Is there any other country that’s named after it’s ruler’s last name (Saudi)?
Bolivia comes to mind.
Completely true about Boliva’s name origin, but I’m sure you would agree that you can never compare Simon Bolivar to the Saudi’s despotic MSB and family.
Simon Bolivar is Latin American’s Great Liberator, he’s their George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, etc, all combined in one person.
Viva el pueblo!
Viva la Independencia!
Viva La libertab!
I agree, Bolivar was no MbS.
But supposed “Bolivarian republicans” ever since haven’t always been that dissimilar.
If Biden and Bibi think that Iran is going to cave in and obey “orders”, they are gravely mistaken.