Araghchi says no 'message exchange' with US on sanctions removal talks
Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran has not received any messages from the new US administration regarding the sanctions removal talks.
Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that any decision to enter into such discussions hinges on confidence-building measures by the Donald Trump administration.
Iran is already engaging with European parties to the JCPOA, the 2015 nuclear deal, and is waiting for Washington to clarify its policy, the minister said.
“No clear message has been sent or received between the two countries; what is being said is only in the media.”
There has been speculation that the Trump administration has exchanged secret messages with Iran.
“Our criterion remains the past distrust that continues to dominate relations between the two countries,” Araghchi said.
“We previously reached an agreement; Iran implemented it, but they were the ones who disrupted it,” Araghchi said, pointing to the 2018 US withdrawal from the JCPOA during Trump's first term in office.
Upon its departure, the US administration reinstated punitive measures that had been suspended under the accord and imposed new bans under its policy of 'maximum pressure.'
In 2019, Iran began to roll back the limits it had accepted under the JCPOA after the other parties failed to meet their commitments.
During his election campaign and afterward, Trump repeatedly discussed the need for a deal with Iran regarding the long-running nuclear dispute and expressed optimism that such an accord could be reached.
Araghchi said overcoming the distrust created by the US behavior is not easy and cannot be achieved merely through "nice words." It requires practical action, the Iranian minister underscored.
"If the conclusion in the country moves towards a possibility of establishing negotiations on an equal footing, a decision will be made about it."
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