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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Europeans did nothing to preserve the nuclear deal that his country maintained, criticizing his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, who accused Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons.
And Zarif considered, in a tweet on Twitter, that the leaders of the European countries did nothing to preserve the nuclear agreement, adding that the agreement remains in force thanks to Tehran and not to European countries.
Zarif criticized the French foreign minister and stressed that he should stop the baseless statements about Iran.
Zarif said France was undermining security in the Middle East and called for it to “stop supporting criminals who use French weapons to kill Yemenis,” he said.
On Saturday, the French foreign minister said in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche that Iran is about to acquire the capabilities to manufacture nuclear weapons, and “it is urgent to say that this is enough”, considering that it is necessary for Tehran and Washington to return to the agreement. Nuclear site in 2015.
Even if the parties go back to the deal, Le Drian said, that will not be enough, and tough talks are also needed about Iran’s ballistic missile program and its regional activities.
Le Drian added that the strategy of US President Donald Trump’s administration to launch a “maximum pressure campaign” on Iran has only increased the risks and the threat.
And the French chancellor warned that time is running out, in light of the Iranian presidential elections next June.
Le Drian: Trump’s strategy to launch a “maximum pressure campaign” on Iran has only increased the risks and the threat (Reuters)European concern
France, the United Kingdom and Germany had expressed their grave concern in a joint statement, after Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday that it was making progress in the production of uranium as fuel for one of the reactors, which the countries previously They considered a violation of Tehran’s obligations under the nuclear deal.
The statement stated that Iran’s metallic uranium production has no civilian aspects, but dangerous military aspects, but Tehran confirmed that it is for peaceful use.
And those countries strongly urged Iran to stop this activity and return to fulfill the commitments of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action without further delay, if it is serious about maintaining the agreement.
The statement indicated that the nuclear agreement obliges Iran not to produce metallic uranium, nor to carry out research on it, for a period of 15 years.
On Saturday night, the Iranian Atomic Energy Agency responded to the European statement, explaining in a statement that “the International Atomic Energy Agency has not yet released the information from the questionnaire related to the design of the metallic uranium plant (. ..) Of course, this procedure will be implemented after the necessary preparations are completed, at the appropriate time and for the specified period. Within this law “.
The Iranian organization expressed its hope that the Vienna-based international agency would avoid “indicating unnecessary details and avoiding misunderstandings in this regard.”
Biden Administration
On the other hand, an Iranian official told Al-Jazeera that there is no contact with the administration of US President-elect Joe Biden and that what the Israeli media reported is incorrect.
He added that Tehran had clearly announced that the start would be for the Biden administration to lift all sanctions imposed by Trump, and emphasized his country’s commitment to go back to all steps to reduce commitment to the nuclear deal if the rest of the parties implement. all your commitments.
Israel’s Channel 12 said the Biden administration informed Israeli officials that it had initiated secret and silent contacts with Iranian officials to return to the nuclear deal.
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