NOURNEWS - On Tuesday, the meeting of the Joint Commission of JCPOA was held in Vienna with the presence of representatives of the P4 + 1 and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The meeting, which followed a virtual meeting of the commission on Friday, has been in the world's media spotlight since yesterday due to its characteristics and sensitivities in reaching a possible agreement to break the deadlock created by the revival of JCPOA.
Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the head of Iran's negotiating team in Vienna last night, after the end of the Joint Commission meeting, told Nournews, referring to Iran's firm position, which was communicated to the P4 + 1 members at the meeting: "Step-by-step approach to fulfilling US commitments." We do not accept it, and the set of actions must be done in a step we have called the "final state".
Rejecting some media coverage about Iran's indirect negotiations with the United States and the issue of extrajudicial issues, Araghchi said at the meeting: "We do not have any direct or indirect negotiations with the United States and not only about extrajudicial issues, but also about the JCPOA agreement." We will not have a conversation.
In addition to the remarks made by the head of the Iranian delegation to the talks, US officials have made numerous and varied statements in accordance with their usual routine of exerting media pressure and indirect influence on the talks.
"We do not anticipate any immediate progress," State Department spokesman Ned Price said, criticizing Iran's stance at the meeting and calling it "maximum." We know there will be difficult discussions ahead, but this is a healthy step forward.
"The insistence of the Iranian authorities on the complete and unilateral lifting of sanctions is a sign that Tehran is not serious about returning to the JCPOA," said Robert Mali, the US special envoy for Iran, who traveled to Vienna with a delegation to the JCPOA's Joint Commission meeting.»
"The United States has concerns about Iran's ballistic missile program and will begin negotiations on Iran's regional activities once the nuclear case is determined," he said.
The outspoken opposition of the United States to the immediate lifting of sanctions and the emphasis on the need to address transcendental issues show that the Biden administration, despite repeated claims about its intention to return to diplomacy, is practically unwilling to take practical action in this area. Its impact on maintaining the current impasse is conscious, moving in the direction of the past but with a different literature.
America's behavior is exactly the same as inciting war by invading another country's territory and seizing part of its territory and interests, and now, realizing its inability to seize land behind the barrier of the opponent's resistance, to emerge from the crisis with dignity, he has made, he offers a compromise, but he is not willing to withdraw.
It is very clear that reconciliation, before the retreat of the aggressor and the instigator of war and the return of the invaded territory and interests, is practically the beginning of an erosive war aimed at breaking the resistance of the opponent.
The Islamic Republic will not, under any circumstances, accept a step-by-step plan to prevent US aggression against Iran, which means recognizing the aggression and extravagance of the United States. As stated by the head of the Iranian negotiating team in the Joint Commission, Iran will stop the talks if the current talks are a waste of time and a pre-emptive strike.
BY: Mohammad Ghaderi
NOURNEWS