“It is possible to reverse the steps taken by Iran outside the scope of the nuclear deal,” Zarif said before his meeting with Grossi. In an interview with Iranian Press TV, he stated that “the nuclear agreement is solid and there will be no new negotiations on it,” noting that “the US policy of pressure on Iran has not changed with the arrival of President Joe Biden.”
He continued: “Americans must provide assurance that what happened in the last four years will not be repeated.” He said: “The United States will not be able to return to the nuclear agreement until all its sanctions against Iran are lifted,” and stressed that “information is leaking into the International Atomic Energy Agency about the Iranian nuclear program and we demand to keep it secret.”
Zarif said his country “will not allow the IAEA to obtain the recordings of the surveillance cameras placed at the nuclear facilities after stopping the work of the additional protocol and stopping the cameras online.”
In the context, Iranian Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed Iran’s strategy towards the new US administration regarding the nuclear deal on Sunday.
During the call, Rouhani emphasized, “strengthening cooperation between Tehran and Ankara to face common threats and solve problems in the region,” adding that “confronting the unilateral and illegal actions of the United States is through solidarity between countries under the weight of Washington sanctions. “
He added that “the abolition of US sanctions is a legal and logical requirement” and that Tehran “will respond to the implementation of the commitments to implement the obligations and is ready to return to our commitments with the lifting of US sanctions.”
Coinciding with these statements, the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, stated that the US is ready to re-commit to the agreement on Iran’s nuclear program if Tehran resumes compliance with the agreement. “What we have said repeatedly is that the United States is ready to return to its commitment in the event that Iran again complies with the terms of the agreement,” Salivan told CNN on Sunday.
“Frankly, one of the concerns now is that Iran threatens in advance to abandon further implementation of its commitment, and has refused to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency on the work it is trying to do to ensure that the Iran does not comply. ” used for weapons purposes, “Salivan added.
European Union spokesman Peter Stano had previously said that the European Union was conducting intensive consultations on the possibility of holding an informal meeting on the Iranian nuclear deal with the participation of the United States and Iran.
Tehran said it was studying the European proposal. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran is studying a proposal from the European Union to hold an informal meeting between current members of the nuclear deal.
“We are consulting with our partners, including Russia and China, and will respond to this proposal in the future. But we believe that the return of the United States to the nuclear deal does not require a meeting, and the only way to do that is to lift the sanctions,” he said Araghchi in an interview with state television.
