Iran’s president told his French counterpart that any agreement between Tehran and the P4+1 group of countries in the Vienna talks on the revival of the JCPOA must include the removal of all sanctions, the provision of valid guarantees and cessation of political issues and claims.
President Ebrahim Raisi hyand Emmanuel Macron of France in a phone conversation on Saturday discussed the latest status of the ongoing talks in Vienna between Tehran and the five remaining signatories to the 2015 Iran deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aimed at securing the revival of the agreement.
Raisi said the Iranian negotiating team has repeatedly announced that it welcomes the initiatives that would guarantee the provision and protection of the nation’s rights.
He added that certain “political pressures or claims have been made with the aim of maintaining the leverage of pressure on the Iranian nation which undermine the prospect of reaching an agreement (in Vienna).”
He noted that the Iranian delegation is advancing the talks in the Austrian capital with “seriousness,” saying, “In the course of the (Vienna) negotiations, the Islamic Republic of Iran has offered constructive proposals and has examined the proposals made by the other side of the talks based on the their conformity with the interests of the Iranian people.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Raisi said Iran’s history of interaction with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the agency’s numerous reports verifying the peaceful nature of the country’s nuclear activities proved the false claims leveled by some countries against Tehran.
Pointing to Iran’s active role in the fight against terrorism alongside Iraq and Syria, Raisi said effective confrontation of the Islamic Republic, particularly efforts by top Iranian anti-terror commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani, have prevented the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists from securing a foothold in Europe.
The French president, for his part, said that good progress has been made in the Vienna talks and expressed hope that the negotiations between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries would yield fruit as soon as possible.
The Iranian and French presidents also discussed the latest regional developments and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Iranian media
