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The official, who requested anonymity, added "The prospects for reaching an agreement after Doha (negotiations) are worse than they were before and will get worse day by day".
And he went on to say "can you describe Doha negotiations At best it is faltering and at worst it is backwards. But at this point, stumbling practically means going backwards".
The official did not go into details of the Doha talks, in which EU officials acted as mediators between the two sides in an attempt to revive nuclear deal Signed in 2015, which curbed Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
Former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018 and re-imposed Severe sanctions on Iran This prompted Tehran about a year later to start violating the nuclear restrictions imposed on it under the agreement.
And he said "Their vague demands and the reopening of previously settled issues and requests that clearly have nothing to do with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the nuclear agreement) all point to us… that the real discussion that should take place (not) is between Iran and the United States to resolve the remaining issues… but between Iran And Iran to resolve the basic issue of whether they are interested in a mutual return of the JCPOA".
. added "At this point, I’m not sure if they (the Iranians) know what they want. They did not come to Doha with specifics. Some of the things they came up with either they knew, or should have known, could not be entirely acceptable to us and to Europeans.".
US, British and French diplomats at the UN Security Council blamed Iran for the failure of efforts to revive the agreement after more than a year of negotiations..
However, Iran described the negotiations that took place in Doha as positive and blamed the United States for not offering guarantees that no new American administration would abandon the agreement as Trump did..
Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi said at the Security Council "Iran has asked the United States for objective and verifiable guarantees, such as that the JCPOA will not be blown up again, that the United States will not violate its commitments again, and that sanctions will not be re-imposed under other pretexts or names.".
The US official said that Washington has made clear since the start of the talks in April 2021 that it cannot give Iran legal guarantees that any subsequent US administration will abide by the agreement..
The official added "We said that there is no legal way that would allow us to oblige a future administration to do something, so we looked for other ways to provide what could reassure Iran … and we thought that this file was closed".
Each team of US and Iranian officials blamed the other for the lack of progress.
The US official rejected the accusation Tehran He blamed Washington for the lack of progress, and said that the United States responded positively to the changes proposed by the European Union to the draft agreement reached during the broader talks in March, while Iran did not respond to those proposed changes.".
The official said that if the nuclear deal is not revived, it will "The Iranian leadership will have to explain why it has turned its back on the benefits of the agreement for issues that will not make a positive difference in the life of a single Iranian citizen.".
The US official did not give details of those cases. but Reviving the nuclear deal Iran will be allowed to legally export its oil, which is the lifeblood of its economy.
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“The odds of reaching an agreement after Doha (negotiations) are worse than they were before and it will get worse day by day,” the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity.“.
He went on, “You can describe Doha negotiations At best it is faltering and at worst it is backwards. But at this point, stumbling practically means going backwards“.
The official did not go into details of the Doha talks, in which EU officials acted as mediators between the two sides in an attempt to revive nuclear deal Signed in 2015, which curbed Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
Former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018 and re-imposed Severe sanctions on Iran This prompted Tehran about a year later to start violating the nuclear restrictions imposed on it under the agreement.
“Their vague demands, the reopening of previously settled issues, requests that clearly have nothing to do with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the nuclear deal), all indicate to us… that the real discussion that should take place (not) is between Iran and the United States to resolve the remaining issues… but rather,” he said. Between Iran and Iran to resolve the basic issue of whether they are interested in a mutual return of the JCPOA“.
“At this point, I’m not sure if they (the Iranians) know what they want. They didn’t come to Doha with specifics. Some of the things they either knew, or should have known, could not be completely acceptable to us and the Europeans.”“.
US, British and French diplomats at the UN Security Council blamed Iran for the failure of efforts to revive the agreement after more than a year of negotiations..
However, Iran described the negotiations that took place in Doha as positive and blamed the United States for not offering guarantees that no new American administration would abandon the agreement as Trump did..
“Iran has asked the United States for objective and verifiable guarantees, such as that the JCPOA will not be blown up again, that the United States will not violate its obligations again, and that sanctions will not be re-imposed under other pretexts or names,” Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi told the Security Council.“.
The US official said that Washington has made clear since the start of the talks in April 2021 that it cannot give Iran legal guarantees that any subsequent US administration will abide by the agreement..
“We said that there is no legal way that would allow us to oblige a future administration to do something, so we looked for other ways to provide what could reassure Iran … and we thought that this file was closed,” the official added.“.
Each team of US and Iranian officials blamed the other for the lack of progress.
The US official rejected the accusation Tehran He blamed Washington for the lack of progress, and said that the United States responded positively to the changes proposed by the European Union to the draft agreement reached during the broader talks in March, while Iran did not respond to those proposed changes.“.
If the nuclear deal is not revived, the official said, “the Iranian leadership will have to explain why it has turned its back on the benefits of the deal for issues that will not make a positive difference in the life of a single Iranian citizen.”“.
The US official did not give details of those cases. but Reviving the nuclear deal Iran will be allowed to legally export its oil, which is the lifeblood of its economy.