Sunday, February 9, 2025 - Iran on Saturday said it was ready to negotiate with the United States but not under the maximum pressure strategy of US President Donald Trump.
Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, in a statement published on Telegram
on Saturday said the lifting of sanctions requires negotiations, but not within
the framework of a maximum pressure policy, because it would not be a
negotiation but a form of surrender.
This is coming after Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
urged the government not to negotiate with Washington, calling such an approach
reckless.
Khamenei, who has the final say on all strategic decisions in Iran,
referred to Iran’s previous experience negotiating with the United States to
justify his position.
In 2015, Iran struck a landmark deal with the United States, France,
Germany, Britain, China and Russia to regulate its nuclear programme in return
for the easing of international sanctions.
However, in 2018, during his first term, Trump unilaterally withdrew the
United States from the agreement and reinstated heavy sanctions on Tehran,
despite European opposition.
Trump on Wednesday called for a verified nuclear peace agreement with
Iran, adding that it cannot have a nuclear weapon.
Meanwhile, Iran insists its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful
purposes and denied any intention to develop atomic weapons.
The US president, however, reinstated on Tuesday his maximum pressure
policy, with Washington on Thursday, announcing financial sanctions on entities
and individuals accused of shipping hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of
Iranian crude oil to China.
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