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| Jean-Yves Le Drien, French Foreign Minister. © Reuters = News1 © News1 Reporter Jo So-young |
France urged Iran to show a’constructive stance’ at an upcoming nuclear agreement.
According to AFP and Reuters, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drien requested Iran to refrain from violating further nuclear promises in a statement on the 3rd (hereinafter referred to as local time).
He said in a statement after speaking with Iran’s counterpart, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, “we welcome the resumption of discussions on the issue of nuclear weapons development in Vienna.”
“I urge Iran to act constructively about what will be needed for a full return to the agreement,” Le Drien said. “France will be involved in this in a pragmatic and demanding way.”
While indirect talks are scheduled to discuss the return of the nuclear agreement in Vienna, Austria on the 6th, the nervous war between the United States and Iran is intensifying.
Reuters quoted Iran’s local media Press TV as saying that Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Hativjade said, “The final policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to lift all US sanctions.”
Meanwhile, on the 2nd, deputy spokesman for the US State Department, Jalina Porter, commented on the talks in Vienna and said, “The focus of the talks will be on the nuclear measures Iran must take to comply with the agreement.”
The nuclear agreement surrounding Iran (JCPOA, Comprehensive Joint Action Plan) was signed in July 2015 by five permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, China, Russia, Britain, France) and six countries (P5+1), including Germany. .
The gist of the agreement is that instead of restricting nuclear development, Iran will lift international economic sanctions against Iran as a reward.
However, this was catastrophic in May 2018 when former US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the agreement and resumed massive economic sanctions against Iran.
After the transition to President Joe Biden’s power, Iran demanded that the U.S. unilaterally withdraw from the agreement, so that an unconditional return should be made.
However, the United States has expressed its position that the sanctions can be lifted only when Iran is continuing its uranium enrichment activities and compliance with the existing obligations of the agreement.