Marandi: The West compellingly retracted some of its positions
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The advisor to the Iranian negotiating team believes that the Western rhetoric about Iran trespassing on the issues of the nuclear agreement is aimed at pressuring Iran to extract privileges from it.
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Marandi: The West retracted some of its positions
According to the advisor to the Iranian negotiating nuclear team, Mohammad Marandi, the West has given up some of its positions in the past months, stressing that they are forced to give up other points in order to resolve the outstanding issues.
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In a press interview on Saturday, Marandi added that Iran demanded throughout the negotiations that took place in Vienna to be granted tangible guarantees, rejecting the Western rhetoric that these guarantees go beyond the nuclear agreement.
Marandi explained that the Americans and Europeans were forced to gradually accept the Iranian demands, explaining that the tangible guarantees that Iran is now demanding are meant for the continuation of the nuclear agreement and do not fall outside the scope of the agreement.
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He considered that Western talks about Iran trespassing on the nuclear deal issues aim to put pressure on Iran so that Western countries can extract privileges from it.
Responding to the possibility of Westerners resorting to arms or a military confrontation, Marandi said the US and Europe are not in any position to create new crises, considering that Iran's demands are consistent with the framework of the nuclear agreement.
Marandi to Al Mayadeen: Doha talks didn't fail, will continue
Days ago, Marandi stated that "there was never any expectation that these negotiations would culminate in an agreement over a couple of days."
In an interview for Al Mayadeen, Marandi added that Tehran does not take US officials' media statements seriously, noting that the Americans should provide the guarantees that Iran demands to confirm that "history is not repeated."
He added that "Iran doesn't expect anything more, but it won't expect anything less", stressing that "there has been movement on the American side."
Advisor to Iranian delegation in #ViennaTalks, Mohammad Marandi to #AlMayadeen: The #American side has shifted ground, but they still have to take a few more steps for the #Iranians to feel assured.#JCPOA#Iran @s_m_marandi pic.twitter.com/B6jAue1S59
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) June 29, 2022
Earlier, the European Union announced that the indirect talks between Iran and the United States, which took place over two days in Doha, did not achieve the expected progress.
On his part, European Coordinator for Nuclear Negotiations, Enrique Mora, said there was no progress like the EU team had hoped for.
