The deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany And United Kingdom They will meet on Friday to discuss Iran’s nuclear programa week after the approval of a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Tehran.
“A series of regional and international issues will be addressed, including Palestine and Lebanonas well as the nuclear issue”, announced this Sunday the spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ismail Baghaei.
The Iranian diplomat said that the meeting, which will take place next Friday, was part of the meetings that the parties held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.
Baghaei did not specify where the meeting would take place, but Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported that, according to Iranian diplomatic sources, Tehran And the three European countries they will meet in Geneva to discuss ways to revive the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and the six world powers (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany).
The meeting will take place after the IAEA Board of Governors approved last Thursday a resolution presented by Germany, France and the United Kingdom, with the support of the United States, which condemns Iran’s lack of cooperation and calls on the organization to prepare a “comprehensive report” on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities.
Tehran described the resolution presented by Western countries as a “destructive” measure and assured that it would take “reciprocal” measures, including the installation of new advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium.
The aim of the resolution is to put pressure on Iran to respect your legal commitments to ensure that it will not use atomic materials for military purposes, following the failure of the 2015 nuclear deal.
This agreement limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, but The United States abandoned it during the first term of Donald Trump (2017-2021) and reimposed restrictive economic measures in 2018.
A year later, Iran began reducing its commitments to uranium enrichment well above what is allowed and measures such as the disconnection of surveillance cameras and the veto of several UN inspectors.
The IAEA informed its member states last Tuesday that Iran slightly slowed down its production of uranium enriched to 60% purity, close to military use at 90%, but already accumulates 182.3 kilos.
