Indirect negotiations between the US and Iran that were held in Vienna to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, have been stalled since June 20th. On Thursday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the talks will resume soon but gave no specific date.
In comments at a news conference in Qatar, Borell said the talks will resume “within an acceptable period of time.” The EU is brokering the negotiations between the US and Iran under a mechanism of the JCPOA.
Also on Thursday, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said Tehran was evaluating the last round of JCPOA talks and would be ready to resume them when that is done. Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran would not “waste an hour before returning to Vienna talks” once the evaluation is complete.
The government of Iran’s new President Ebrahim has been clear that it plans to return to the negotiations, something Khatibzadeh repeated. “Iran has reached conclusion that we certainly will return to the nuclear talks,” he said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Iran on Thursday that time is running out to resume talks. “The ball remains in their court, but not for long,” he said. “There is a limited runway on that, and the runway is getting shorter.”
While Western powers are blaming Iran for the delay in negotiations, it was the Biden administration’s refusal to lift all Trump-era sanctions that dragged them out in the first place. The talks started in April and dragged on through June as the two sides were negotiating limited sanctions relief, a major concession for the Iranians.
Last week, Iran’s new foreign minister said the US was sending the wrong signal to Tehran by maintaining all Trump-era sanctions and also adding new ones. The Biden administration has imposed several rounds of Iran-related sanctions that target people and companies the US accuses of trading with Iran, ramping up the previous administration’s so-called “maximum pressure” campaign.
Translation: Talks will continue when Iran accepts surrender or die as a reasonable starting point for negotiations.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Iran on Thursday that time is running out to resume talks. “The ball remains in their court, but not for long,” he said. “There is a limited runway on that, and the runway is getting shorter.”
I think Blinken actually believes that by now. If you say it over and over it will miraculously make Iran out to be the one that reneged on the deal.
That is called reverse psychology…! The US problem is even if they want Iran to abandon JCPOA, they don’t have the desire or capability to attack Iran militarily and get away with it…! Conclusion: This is only to the benefit of the zionist state…!
Dear Lord, if the United States wanted to return to the JCPOA, all it need to is return to the JCPOA.
Of course, the United States does not wish to do so, and therefore it dithers, makes excuses, moves goalposts, imposes conditions, and blames the other side.
There is no point in negotiating with someone who doesn’t keep their word. This is obvious to everyone but Americans. In Vienna everyone was in one room, the American representative in the other, like a bad boy who was sent out of class. The US doesn’t even know when it is totally humiliated.
Iran knows the absurdity. It’s just trying to delay the inevitable. The US can’t leave the area without closing the deal (i.e., regime change in favor of Zionist hegemony) with Iran. While ‘talks’ are underway it’s hard for the US/Israel to rain in the missiles. Each day is the gain of thousands of ‘collateral’ lives.
No, Iran is not afraid of Israel/US missiles. They have enough missiles of their own to send most Israelis scrambling and to destroy Daimona, as they recently demonstrated by sending a missile right through the “Iron dome.” US ships stationed in the Gulf would also be sitting ducks. The JCPOA is itself a punch and judy show arranged by Putin to rein in a nonexistent Iranian nuclear weapons program signed to give O’bama a way to not attack Iran after a false flag Syrian poison gas attack by the “white helmets” crossed his “red line.” To the rest of the world the US is a 4 year old having a tantrum who has gotten hold of a loaded gun.