In a new interview with @lemondefr, the spokesman of #Iran’s Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh explains the meaning of when Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says nuclear negotiations will resume “soon.” 1/6
“This is what was said the day the new Iranian government came to power. There are two things to take into account. #Iran has considered whether to resume negotiations, and we have come to the conclusion that we will certainly resume them,” he said. 2/6
“Then there is a second phase which involves the evaluation of all the negotiations that have already been conducted to clarify all the dimensions…As soon as this reassessment takes place, we will not waste an hour before arriving in Vienna,” he said. 3/6
Asked about the concern over #Iran expanding nuclear program under cover of talks, Khatibzadeh says “I understand your concern. But when (US) President (Joe) Biden took office, how many days did it take before the Americans got into the talks again?” 4/6
“I doubt we have to wait as long as the Biden government waited before our government re-entered the Vienna negotiations. It has only been fifty days since the new Iranian government took office,” he added. 5/6
“We wonder why six successive rounds of negotiations in Vienna have failed. The reasons and shortcomings must be assessed. It is necessary to correct a pathology, to change the points which have remained unsatisfied,” he said. 6/6
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