On Monday, Iran said the US should provide guarantees that it would not withdraw from the nuclear deal again if the agreement is restored. Indirect negotiations to revive the JCPOA are set to resume on November 29th in Vienna after a long pause.
“The US should show that it has the capability and will to provide guarantees that it will not abandon the deal again if the talks to revive the deal succeed,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
Last month, a report from Responsible Statecraft revealed that President Biden couldn’t guarantee that he would stay in the JCPOA during his term in office in the initial round of talks that lasted from June to April.
Since the US unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 by imposing sanctions, Iran has good reason to be concerned that it would happen again. In an apparent response to the Responsible Statecraft report, President Biden released a joint statement with the leaders of France, Britain, and Germany that said he is committed to returning the US to “full compliance with the JCPOA and to stay in full compliance” if Iran does the same.
Khatibzadeh also called on the Biden administration to lift sanctions and drop the Trump administration’s policy, known as the “maximum pressure campaign” against Iran. He said “nothing will change in Vienna” if this hardline stance again Iran continues.
The Biden administration has been clear that it has no plans to lift all Trump-era sanctions on Iran, only those they deem “inconsistent with the JCPOA.” This forced Iran to negotiate limited sanctions relief in the first rounds of talks, but the two sides remained far apart on key issues.
U S can not give any guarantees.Only Israel can make any such commitment. what you call U S A is not an independent entity. It is a fiefdom of Israel
Israel would stand down if their masters in Europe really wanted them to.
,Israel’s masters! You are really joking. Israel is THE master. Americans and Europeans just serviles , menials meant to work, fight and die for Israel
No. Financial oligarchs are based in Europe. Israel is more like a geographical totem and vacation spot.
Israel answers to the great European financial oligarchs like the Rothschilds.
Their place is to service, maintain and expand the spiritual homeland estate of Judeo-Christianity on the Med.
Translation:
U.S. – Surrender and you may be allowed to live. Guaranteed.
Iran – … Is this an improvement over ‘surrender or die?’
“…you may be allowed to live.” Indeed, Kaddafi got a painful lesson on that subjunctive.
Likewise Qasem Soleimani
“Last month, a report from Responsible Statecraft revealed that President Biden couldn’t guarantee that he would stay in the JCPOA during his term in office in the initial round of talks that lasted from June to April.”
Can people in Iran read? It’s hopeless. Give us the double bird and walk away. I understand the idea of stretching this out to be to Iran’s advantage but so do all the hawks. It’s inevitable. Lets kiss our ass goodbye
Who could believe the USA now? The illegal one-sided sanctions had to be removed right from the start of Biden’s maladministration for any agreement to be reached, as Iran had made this quite clear. Why is this still an issue? The West wanted the JCPOA but was unwilling to keep it and treat Iran with fairness. What’s new?
Due to the weakness of the Biden Administration and the pathetic failure that is the Democratic Party generally, it is impossible to guarantee that a Republican Administration, if not Trump himself once again, will not win in 2024, which is what would be required to guarantee that the JCPOA would not be scrapped once again.
True. But Iran couldn’t even get Biden to guarantee he’d honor the deal for the rest of his term. And that was only if they remained in compliance also. So what more did he need?
Senate ratification of a treaty, requiring two-thirds of the Senate, is the best assurance anyone can hope for, and the odds are slim to none. Biden couldn’t even get all the Demoblicans on board. If the JCPOA had this kind of Congressional support, there would be no sanctions to withdraw.