Iran will by no means compromise its principles on the necessity for the termination of sanctions and for benefiting from the 2015 nuclear deal in the course of Vienna negotiations on the revival of the agreement, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
In comments at a press conference on Monday, Khatibzadeh said the Iranian team of negotiators will head to Vienna tomorrow to proceed with the JCPOA talks after holding the necessary consultations in Tehran.
Describing the removal of sanctions and Iran’s right to enjoy the advantages of the JCPOA as Tehran’s red line in the talks, the spokesman said Washington is expected to have made the requisite decisions.
The US is expected to resume honoring its JCPOA commitments with a clear agenda, he stated, adding, “There is no conceivable breakthrough except political decision in Washington.”
Khatibzadeh also underlined that the people of Iran will never pay the cost of the American officials’ “destructive decisions” to withdraw from the JCPOA and violate the UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
Stressing the need for the US to change its behavior and for the European parties to the JCPOA to stop inaction on the US’ unilateral and illegal sanctions against Iran, Khatibzadeh said they must prove that they are reliable actors in the international system.
At the beginig of his press conference, the spokesman read a statement issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry in which he reminded the US of the futility of pressures and coercion against Tehran, saying the ball is now in the US’ court as it ought to choose a different path in the course of the talks in Vienna.
“This week our nation is celebrating the victory of a revolution -led by Grand Ayatollah Imam Khomeini- that was the triumph of the will and self-belief of our people, who, against all odds, overthrew a tyrannical foreign-backed regime,” the statement read.
“Regretfully, 43 years after the Islamic Revolution, some Western states, the United States in particular, still refuse to accept the fact that the rights and interests of Iranian nation should be respected. By insisting on the failed policies of the past four decades, they should not expect different results. The path of pressure and coercion has proven to be a miserable failure. Now in Vienna, they face a test. They can choose a different path with different results. By recognizing the realities of Iran and effectively abandoning the Maximum Failure approach, the US can open up new possibilities. The ball is in their court,” the statement added.
Source: Iranian media
