PARIS, November 19
France’s Foreign Minister warned Iran on Friday not to come to the next round of talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with a “sham” negotiating stance, a day after Paris urged the board of the UN atomic watchdog to send Iran a tough message.
Tehran had earlier responded to Paris saying the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which verifies Tehran’s compliance with the 2015 deal with world powers limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme, must be “free of any political conduct”.
The statements highlighted rising tension before the US, Iran and world powers resume indirect negotiations on reviving the deal on November 29, five days after a meeting of the IAEA’s Board of Governors. Six rounds of indirect talks were held between April and June. The negotiations were interrupted after the election of new Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. — Reuters
Time running short
Western diplomats say time is running short to resurrect the pact, which then US President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018, angering Iran and dismaying the other world powers involved — Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.
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