The European Union prepares for a nuclear agreement with Iran in “a matter of days”

The coordinator of the European Union responsible for supervising the nuclear negotiations with IranEnrique Mora, was due to arrive in Tehran on the night of Saturday to Sunday, waiting for an agreement that, according to the head of European Union diplomacy, Josep Borrell, could come in “matter of days”.

Mora is scheduled to meet with Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri, the official Iranian news agency Irna said.

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Iran has been in talks in Vienna for several months with China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and Germany to reactivate the 2015 agreement that would supposedly prevent Tehran from getting the atomic bomb, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions that suffocate the Iranian economy.

“We must conclude this negotiation. There’s a lot at stake.” Mora tweeted, indicating that he was making efforts “for bridge the gaps” that remain between stakeholder positions.

The agreement of 2015 began to crumble after the unilateral withdrawal of Washington in 2018, decided by the then president, Donald Trump. With his departure, the sanctions against Iranwhich in response gradually freed itself from the commitments and limits assumed regarding its program nuclear.

Upon his arrival at the White House, Democrat Joe Biden wanted to return to agreementbut indirect negotiations remain difficult.

“A matter of days”

The head of foreign policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, stated on Saturday that the signing of a new agreement about the program nuclear from Iran was “matter of days”.

“We are very close, but there are still some pending issues,” Borrell told reporters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum in Qatar. “I can’t say when or how, but it is matter of days”assured.

The United States was a little less optimistic earlier in the week: “There has been significant progress in recent weeks, but I want to make it clear that a agreement It’s not imminent or certain.”US State Department spokesman Ned Price said as for temper optimism.

Iran confirmed on Saturday that removing the Revolutionary Guards, the Islamic Republic’s ideological army, from the US list of “terrorist organizations” was among the points still under discussion.

“The issue of the Revolutionary Guard is definitely part of our negotiations”said the foreign minister of IranHossein Amir-Abdollahian, in an interview with state television.

“We exchanged messages with the Americans on this issue. So this is one of the issues that is still on the table,” she added.

This is the first official confirmation that the removal of the Guardians from Washington’s blacklist is among the issues still up for debate.

Amir-Abdollahian specified that high officials of that body had asked him that this issue not be an “inhibitor” if the agreement ensured the “national interests” of Iran.

Blinken in Israel

Negotiations in Vienna have been suspended since March 11, after Russia demanded US guarantees that its future cooperation with Iran it would not be affected by the sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. Russia confirmed a few days later that she had received the necessary guarantees.

According to Irna, consultations between the Iranian foreign minister and his counterparts have since resumed.

The European official’s visit to Tehran coincides with that of the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, to Israel.

The perspective of a agreement nuclear The Iranian government worries the government of Israel, a sworn enemy of the Islamic Republic, and US allies in the Gulf region who perceive Iran like a threat.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Saturday that he was concerned the Revolutionary Guards could be removed from the US blacklist.

“The new series of attacks by Houthi rebels, supported by Tehran, in Saudi Arabia “is a supplementary proof that the regional aggressions of Iran have no limits and reinforces our concern to see the Revolutionary Guards (Tehran’s ideological army) removed from the (US) list of terrorist organizationsBennett tweeted.

In February, he had already said that he was “deeply concerned” for the possibility of a agreement which, according to Tel Aviv, would not prevent Iran get hold of the gun nuclear.

For its part, Iran it has always denied wanting to acquire atomic weapons.

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Source: Elcomercio

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