Iran Receives US Letter on Nuclear Negotiations
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi received a letter from US President Donald Trump on nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington.
In a post on his Instagram account, Araqchi said a letter from Trump had been delivered to him via an envoy from the United Arab Emirates.The contents of the letter, though, remain undisclosed.The Iranian diplomat stressed earlier on Wednesday that Tehran had always been ready to hold negotiations on equal terms.
In an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Friday, the US president claimed that he has sent a letter to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and proposed to negotiate with Iran on an accord on the country's nuclear program."I said I hope you're going to negotiate, because it's going to be a lot better for Iran," he claimed, before threatening Tehran with military action. "I think they want to get that letter. The other alternative is we have to do something, because you can't let another nuclear weapon," he added.
Ayatollah Khamenei has issued an official fatwa (religious decree) clearly establishing that any form of acquisition, development, and use of nuclear weapons violate Islamic principles and are therefore forbidden.Ayatollah Khamenei said experience has shown that negotiations with the US have no effect on solving Iran's problems. He stressed that the insistence of some bullying powers on holding talks with Tehran does not aim to solve issues.Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has also reiterated Tehran’s openness to negotiations, but emphasized that Tehran will not give in to the pressure of bullying powers and won’t engage in any negotiations under duress.
In a meeting on Wednesday, Ayatollah Khamenei stated that the United States’ offer to hold talks is an endeavour to deceive global public opinion, He added the Trump administration does not intend to remove the sanctions, and that negotiations will only worsen the pressure campaign as Washington will raise new demands.
Tehran has proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear program to the world by signing the 2015 nuclear deal. However, Washington’s exit in May 2018 and its subsequent re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran left the future of the agreement in limbo.Iran started to reduce its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in a series of pre-announced and clear steps after witnessing the other parties' failure to secure its interests under the accord.Back in late January, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced the United Nations nuclear watchdog had no evidence pointing to Iran’s underway development of a nuclear weapon. Rafael Grossi made the remarks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.The remarks verified the nuclear body’s record of invariably verifying non-diversion and peaceful nature of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program.In an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, the United Nations top nuclear official said the United States-led sanctions against Iran’s nuclear energy program have been ineffective."Sanctions aren't working," Grossi stated, adding, "Quite obviously, the country has learned to circumvent them. The program has grown enormously, especially since 2018."
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