On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he was preparing to present a “constructive” plan of action related to nuclear negotiations with the US. His comments came after a senior Iranian official said Tehran would be willing to enter talks with the US if Washington provided a “clear signal” that sanctions would be lifted in one year.
Mohsen Rezaei, a former IRGC official who is now the secretary of the Expediency Council that advises the supreme leader, made the comments in an interview with Financial Times that was published earlier on Friday. He said the US “can announce and reassure us that all sanctions imposed after the JCPOA would be lifted in less than one year” to start negotiations.
Zarif appeared to reference Rezaei’s remarks after the interview was published. “Iranian polity is vibrant & officials express diverse opinions,” he wrote on Twitter. “But those opinions should NOT be confused with state policy. As Iran’s FM & chief nuclear negotiator, I will shortly present our constructive concrete plan of action — through proper diplomatic channels.”
Iran recently rejected an offer from the EU to hold talks with the JCPOA participants and the US since the Biden administration has refused to lift sanctions. But European diplomats told several media outlets on Thursday that Iran is now sending “positive signals” that it is open to participate in informal talks.
While Iran is sending signals that it’s willing to talk with the US, the fastest way to revive the deal would be for the Biden administration to lift sanctions on Iran. Until then, by trying to use sanctions as leverage for talks with Tehran, President Biden is pursuing the same policy as his predecessor.
I imagine the first step in the process would be for the US to declare it will rejoin the Agreement in full. Then they can come up with step by step verifications for each side meeting their obligations.
But I must say that, at the end of the day, with the US all agreements are temporary and Iean should look to make sure its economy is better protected through other means.
Israel will still attack Iran.
The party’s over. . .the Iran hardliners will take over now (as they should).
. . .from Standard:
Joe Biden extends US National Emergency, sanctions against Iran
US President Joe Biden on Friday extended for another year the national emergency declared with respect to Iran in the year 1995, the White House announced.
The Executive Order:
Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Iran
. . . The actions and policies of the Government of Iran — including its proliferation and development of missiles and other asymmetric and conventional weapons capabilities, its network and campaign of regional aggression, its support for terrorist groups, and the malign activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its surrogates — continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. . .here
VP Harris calls Bibi. Loud slurping sound heard between words…………..
Biden never suggested otherwise. Biden pledged to rejoin the JCPOA if Iran returned to compliance.
The JCPOA was never a good idea anyhow. It violates an important state’s sovereignty. UN Charter: The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.
Plus as a treaty it never was agreed to by the US Senate (because it never would be).
“if Washington provided a “clear signal” that sanctions would be lifted in one year”
It’s like they haven’t been paying attention for the last 40+ years.
“For instance, sanctions on financial transactions and restrictions that European banks have imposed should be lifted in the first month. Oil exports are also among our top priorities,” he added.
Which means that after one month Iran will realize that, as usual, we are full of shit and have no intention of ever ending our enmity towards them. Not as long as that albatross is is still controlling our congress.
Theyd be mugs to trust the US. The yanks are pathological liars.
Can someone please tell the neocons that the rest of the world, including Iran has caught on to the game? Can someone please tell them that the rest of the world, including Iran knows that the neocons are pathological liars, corrupt and in some cases, even mentally unstable?
Constructive plan includes, send Hezbollah another 10,000 rockets to hit Israel, send more rockets, mines and more arms to the Houthis so they can kill more civilians and children and rocket Saudi Oil installation. Send more money and arms to the Shia militias to disrupt the elected government of Iraq, continue to attack the brave people of Kurdistan autonomous lands. Continue to support the murderous gangs like Shia Boko Haran, who kidnap hundreds of young girls and sell them in to slavery In Africa. Lets not forget Syria, pouring hundreds of thousands of military assets in that country for a military build up to attack Israel. Biden will be wasting his time the lives of millions of people.