Reaching agreement hinges on US political conduct: Iran FM

Iran’s foreign minister says reaching an agreement with world powers through the Vienna talks depends entirely on the United States’ political conduct and the Europeans’ attention to the principles of negotiation, asserting that the US and its European allies would be to blame if the talks founder.

According to Press TV, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio on the sidelines of the 58th Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Saturday.

He said Iran intends to reach a good agreement “but whether it takes a few days or a few weeks depends entirely on the behavior and will of the United States and Europe’s attention to the principles and rules of negotiation.”

Iran and the five remaining parties to the 2015 Iran deal, or the JCPOA, are engaged in the eighth round of negotiations in the Austrian capital to bring the US back into the deal by removing its sanctions, which are in grave violation of the agreement.

Addressing the Munich Security Conference, Amir-Abdollahian said Iranian negotiators are facing “double games” played by the Western side over the “text” and the “time.”

“The Islamic Republic of Iran participated in the new round of nuclear negotiations in good faith and seriousness,” the chief Iranian diplomat stated.

“What we are considering seems absolutely reasonable and fair: the removal of all sanctions inconsistent with the JCPOA, verification of sanctions removal, and presentation of absolutely necessary objective guarantees for the fulfillment of commitments,” he added.

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