Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stressed that “Iran will by no means step back from its red lines”, expressing “the conviction that an agreement is quite achievable at this stage and in this round of negotiations if America acts realistically and with serious intentions. ” “.

  • American warning

Regarding the lifting of the embargo and the recent decision of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Abdollahyan said: “Through the European Union and through Foreign Office Assistant and Chief Negotiator on Iran Ali Bagheri Kani, we have warned the Americans that if they go down the path of issuing a resolution, we will not Let’s stand by our hands.” We have asked them to take the political path of negotiations to come to an agreement to lift the embargo and we can announce it in Vienna.”

He stated that “the American side stated that it has presented a resolution and this issue is considered rehabilitation for it, but expressed its readiness to change this resolution in content and issue a minimum content resolution against Iran, but we rejected this and told them that if there is a resolution, we Let’s start new nuclear measures.”

He added: “We have officially reported our new nuclear procedures to the IAEA General Secretariat in Vienna and our competent scientists, most of whom are young and well trained, have taken action in this regard.”

Abdullahyan explained: “In the face of any step towards confrontation and making any possible decision at the International Atomic Energy Agency, we announced to the agency that we will first pump gas into several new series of centrifuges and enrich uranium, and secondly, we will install new generation centrifuges.” . And thirdly, we will turn off the cameras that we agreed, under the nuclear agreement, to install at nuclear facilities beyond our obligations.

And added: “With the adoption of the resolution and the unconstructive behavior of the American side, we implemented these measures, and in the first stage, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran removed a total of 27 installed cameras either as part of the nuclear agreement or voluntarily at our facilities, and then subsequent steps were taken “.

  • Qatar and Oman expressed their desire to host talks

And the Iranian foreign minister noted: “After the decision was made public, Josep Borrell, the official in charge of foreign policy in the European Union, asked me to find a solution to break the current deadlock, and I asked Borrell to come to Tehran. and hold further negotiations, and last Saturday we hosted Borrell. In Tehran and I had extensive meetings with him, I had an hour and a half private meeting in my office with Borrell, Bagheri and Mora (Borrel’s assistant).”

He continued: “We had very serious, clear and transparent negotiations, and we finally agreed that from Tuesday our chief negotiator will negotiate in the country that we agreed on in the region. Such a proposal, and finally at this stage, our friends in Qatar are coordinating the meeting.”

  • Indirect three-way conversations

Abdullahyan pointed out: “Today, Bakery is in Doha and Mora is the chief negotiator of the European Union as coordinator, as well as Robert Malley, the American envoy in Doha. We will hold indirect tripartite talks. strong and lasting agreement.”

  • Biden sends messages to Iran through different channels

He reported that “although US President Joe Biden regularly sends messages to Iran through various channels and confirms that he has a serious desire to reach an agreement, we still do not see anything practical other than behavior based on the extreme pressure of the era of former US President Donald Trump.” While Biden’s language is different, in practice we need to see how true the US statement of serious intent is at this point in the negotiations.”

He stressed: “We are serious and in no case will we cross our red lines. The red lines that have been drawn in the country’s policy and decision-making negotiations are based on the maximum protection of Iran’s national interests, and this is a matter that future generations will judge.”

And he added: “I think that if the American side is serious and realistic, then at this stage and in this round of negotiations there is an agreement.”

Regarding the content of the agreement, Abdullahyan explained: “Of course, the Islamic Republic of Iran is present in the negotiations in a completely logical way with a clear agenda, and we are finally ready if this round of negotiations is accompanied by realism from America. and the European Troika, and we can return to the desired results from all sides and return all aspects to fulfilling our obligations in the agreement signed in 2015.

  • The condition for successful negotiations is realistic in all aspects

The Iranian Foreign Minister stressed: “Of course, we still hear unconstructive statements and unconstructive positions from some parties affiliated with the West, which indicates that the warring parties are not yet moving in a realistic direction, and the condition for successful negotiations is the realism of all parties.”