Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian reaffirmed that unless the US “stops the hypocrisy and the West acts realistically, the window for negotiations may not remain open.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Wednesday during a visit to the Sultanate of Oman that the negotiating window to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program could close if the US and other Western countries do not change their policies. .
The Iranian student news agency quoted the minister as saying: “During the meeting with the Omani authorities, we emphasized that we did not negotiate for the sake of negotiations. We have indicated that the window for negotiations to reach an agreement will not be open forever. That window is still open today, unless other parties, especially the states, stop. “The US is for hypocrisy and the West has not acted realistically, it is not clear if this window will remain open tomorrow.”
Abdullahyan noted that Oman “was a key broker from the beginning in reaching an agreement in 2015” and continued to make serious efforts in recent months.
A Joint Comprehensive Action Plan was signed with Iran in 2015 to resolve the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program, and in addition to Iran, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany participated in the negotiations. However, former US President Donald Trump decided in 2018 to withdraw from this agreement.
Current US leader Joe Biden has repeatedly stated his readiness to return to the nuclear deal. Russia, Britain, Germany, China, the US and France have been negotiating with Iran in Vienna since April last year to renew the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The latest round of consultations took place in the Austrian capital in March.
Source: TASS