Vital talks on restoring the JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran are going to hit a key stage next week, with the fifth round of talks in Vienna. There are high hopes, with EU officials predicting a deal. Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei is warning that it’s going to take more than just a lot of promises.
“I have told our negotiators that actions, not promises, are needed for the restoration of the nuclear deal,” Khamenei said in his latest speech. That likely reflects how many promises were already built into the deal, which were never complied with.
Realistically, the part of the Iran deal that the Iranians really need is sanction relief promised in the deal, and if the P5+1 nations ever came through with that the deal would not be in its current state to begin with. Fixing the pact could be as simple as finally coming through on the relief.
They have to get to the talks without ruining the chances of making a deal first. To that end several nations are calling to hold off on any anti-Iran resolutions relating to the most recent report from the IAEA, which complained Iran hadn’t explained uranium traces found at three sites.
The nations see pushing this issue right now as dangerous to the talks, and reportedly they will offer single country statements of criticism instead of a resolution, hoping that will be a compromise that will allow them to criticize Iran, and not muddy the waters on any talks.
The traces at the Israel-alleged sites have been made a big deal, and Iran maintains those were never nuclear sites to begin with. The reaction today is a clear sign that the nations don’t see those allegations as a potential deal-breaker to begin with.
The Apartheid state routinely sends agents into Iran to start fires and blow up things and murder scientists.
Just how hard would it to be for some of the pissant state’s agents to “salt” a few places with nuclear materials?
True enough.
The Anglo/Zionists are at war with Iran. The US believes in its siege strategy, Israel wants it hot. Neither would seriously consider lifting the sanctions; both want them increased (hence, the uranium plant).
So on their face, “the talks” are absurd. But, knowing this, the Iranians are willing to play the game because hot war would be the end of themselves and State of Iran as we know it.
What is the chemical form of that Uranium and what is its isotopic composition? Why are we not told?
The fact that the “talks” are still ongoing when this should have been resolved in 15 minutes should give Iran an idea about our intentions.
Waste of time and human energy….!
One of the key rules of negotiation – refuse to deal with brokers with only limited authority. Any U S delegation will only have the power to accept total surrender – surely the Iranians have figured that out.
The Isrealis will do all in their power to derail any deal with Iran , don`t be surprised if Isreal begins to bomb nuclear sites.
Iran’s Presidential elections will occur on June 18. The current front runner is Ebrahim Raisi who is under US and EU sanctions for human rights violations. He is also a known anti-US candidate.
My hunch: From day 1 of the negotiations President Biden has instructed his negotiation team to diddle until after the elections which will get him off the hook when Raisi will break off all negotiations.