USA, carried out on the nuclear program in Iran. Summit in Vienna
First breakthrough in the attempts to thaw between Iran e United States on the nuclear program of Teheran. Washington’s special envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, opened to a reduction of sanctions not strictly related to the violations of the understanding that the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, had unilaterally abandoned in 2018. An announcement that was welcomed by the Islamic Republic, which has defined as “promising”.
Malley attends today April 6th in Vienna yet summit on the nuclear program Iranian between Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia and Great Britain, the other countries that had signed the 2015 agreement. The US delegation will not sit at the table but will hold separate talks with the EU diplomats who will coordinate the summit. Tehran had reacted to Trump’s tear with progressive violations of the limits for uranium enrichment set by the agreement, bringing it to a purity of 20%. Iran has also limited IAEA access to undeclared sites where uranium is suspected to be enriched, and then reached a bridging agreement with the UN nuclear agency pending new developments.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, opened to a Washington return in the 2015 agreement, which aimed to prevent the Islamic Republic from developing nuclear weapons. Tehran, before bringing uranium enrichment back within the limits set by the agreement, however, demands that the US make the first move and withdraw economic sanctions. Before such a step, Biden, for his part, is asking for a wide-ranging pact that will also regulate the issue of Iranian ballistic missiles.
For the moment, Iranian diplomats are refusing to meet with their American counterparts. There will therefore be no direct meetings in Vienna and the European delegates will have to act as an intermediary. Malley, on the eve of the summit, opened the withdrawal of those sanctions that “have nothing to do with the agreement”. “If both sides behave realistically, we could get there,” Malley said in an interview with the PBS television network, “but if both sides take a maximalist stance and demand that the other side make all moves first. before moving a finger, I think it is difficult to understand how a result can be achieved “. “We find this position promising and realistic. It may be the beginning of the correction of a negative process,” said Ali Riabei, spokesman for the Iranian government.