Mati Barnhart, knitted news07.27.22 07:36 28 in Tammuz Tishfav
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The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Joseph Borrell, proposed a new draft for the renewal of the nuclear agreement, clarifying that there is no more room to compromise with Iran on an issue beyond that.
In an article in the Financial Times, Burrell said: “I put a new text on the table that refers in detail to the removal of sanctions, as well as the necessary steps in terms of nuclear power in order to restore the nuclear agreement.”
“After five intense months, negotiations in Vienna and endless interactions with the countries that signed the agreement and the USA, I have come to the conclusion that there is no room for further significant compromises anymore,” he claimed.
Ali Bagri, who is responsible for the negotiations on the Iranian side, confirmed that Burrell submitted the new proposal, adding on Twitter that “we have our own ideas on how to end the negotiations.”
The spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, told reporters that Washington is going through the draft and will respond to it directly to the European Union.
Burrell did not provide details regarding the proposal, but hinted, similar to other Western officials in the past, that time is running out to renew the nuclear agreement.
“The time has come for unequivocal political decisions based on my proposed text. If we do not reach an agreement, we risk a nuclear crisis, which may lead to an even greater isolation of Iran.
Iran will keep the cameras off
All of this comes after only yesterday (Tuesday) Iran announced that it will keep the surveillance cameras of the International Atomic Energy Agency off until the 2015 nuclear agreement is restored.
There are 27 UN cameras in the country, which are scattered among the various nuclear sites, in accordance with the nuclear agreement. Last June, the country announced that it was turning off the cameras after the IAEA passed a resolution condemning the Iranian regime.
“We will not turn on the IAEA cameras until the other side returns to the nuclear agreement,” said Mohammad Aslami, chairman of the country’s nuclear agency. The Iranian Foreign Ministry accused the IAEA Secretary General, Raphael Grossi, of treating them in an “unprofessional, unfair and unconstructive” manner.
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