The feverish contacts in the EU countries’ attempt to bring about the signing of the nuclear agreement with Iran continued in several arenas. EU Coordinator Enrique Moreh met in Tehran with the head of the Iranian delegation for talks with Ali Bagri Kani, to persuade him to return to Vienna for a final discussion and signing. He then met with Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian.
The Iranian news agency reported that Bagri had repeatedly said that “an agreement can be signed, if the American side is realistic.” The direct supervisor of the teacher, European Foreign Minister Joseph Burrell, expressed optimism at the International Diplomatic Forum in Doha, saying: “The signing of a nuclear agreement with Iran is a matter of days.”
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian also noted in Doha: “We are close to a nuclear deal with Iran.” He expressed hope that “some marginal but not secondary points” could be resolved as soon as possible.
But the head of the US delegation, Robert Mali, who is also a participant in the Doha Forum, said that even if an agreement was signed, “sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards would continue under US law, and our attitude towards them would not change.” He clarified that no decision had been made to remove the Revolutionary Guards from the list of terrorist organizations, and it is understandable that the US and Qatar would continue with certain sanctions against them, contrary to the demand raised by Iran.
A signal that Iran will not insist on removing the Revolutionary Guards from the list of terrorist organizations was stated in Minister Abdullahian’s remarks: