Tehran, for the second time since the EU presented its draft for reviving the Iran nuclear deal, has given a response to Western parties. Iranian officials are defending the context of Iran’s response at a time when supporters of a deal warn that the diplomatic window that has been open since 2021 could close.
Iran had sent a second response through the EU Coordinator Enrique Mora, following the US introducing amendments to the EU proposed draft.
Iranian state media said the response was “in writing,” and that “the text sent has a positive approach with the aim of completing the negotiations.”
In a Friday statement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that the country’s top diplomat, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, had reviewed the latest developments in negotiations with his Omani counterpart, Badr al Busaidi.
Abdollahian emphasized Iran’s will to achieve a good, strong, and sustainable agreement.
“In the process of preparing the response of Iran, speeding up and facilitating the conclusion of negotiations has been considered,” the Iranian chief diplomat said.
The state-run ISNA news agency had quoted the last statement made by Abdollahian hours earlier, during a brief comment on Tehran's response to Washington.
“I openly announced that Iran is ready to hold a ministerial meeting to announce the final agreement next week, if the final agreement is reached and the few demands put forward by Iran are met,” said the foreign minister.
Commenting on French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent statements on hopes for reaching an agreement within the coming days, ISNA said that Macron’s statements “come in continuation of Western countries’ efforts to increase pressure on public opinion against Iran to accept an agreement in the Vienna negotiations, without presenting reliable guarantees from other signatories.”
