Iran says US, E3 anti-Tehran resolution proposal 'irresponsible'
Jul 04, 2022
Tehran [Iran], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday slammed as "irresponsible" the move by the United States and the E3 group of France, Britain and Germany to propose the anti-Tehran resolution to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while the nuclear talks were underway to reach an agreement.
Making the remarks in a meeting with the new Swiss ambassador to Tehran Nadine Olivieri Lozano, Raisi said the move was also "in violation of the spirit of negotiation and agreement and indicative of the four countries' contradictory behaviour," according to the Iranian presidency's website.
He stressed that the United States should decide to remain committed to the requirements of the negotiation and agreement.
Raisi noted that the United States and the three European countries are suffering from a miscalculation toward Tehran, expressing hope that Switzerland's new ambassador would reflect Iran's realities to other states so that they realize that despite all the hostilities, the Islamic republic has continued its progress and that the hegemonic policies have had reverse impacts on it.
In June, the IAEA's Board of Governors passed an anti-Iran resolution proposed by the United States, Britain, France and Germany following the agency's reports that Tehran had not provided "technically credible explanations" for uranium particles at three undeclared sites.
Iranian officials, however, have insisted that the country did not carry out any clandestine or unrecorded nuclear activities.
In the wake of the adoption of the IAEA resolution, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced its decision to take a number of measures, including turning off the IAEA's surveillance cameras at its sites.
Iran signed the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with the world powers in July 2015, agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for the removal of sanctions on the country. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the JCPOA in May 2018 and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran, prompting the latter to drop some of its commitments under the pact.
The talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal began in April 2021 in Vienna but were suspended in March this year because of political differences between Tehran and Washington.
After a three-month pause, the talks resumed on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Qatari capital Doha, but it failed to result in any agreement to settle the remaining differences. (ANI/Xinhua)
