Nuclear: Westerners are willing to adopt Iran

This text drawn by the United States and E3 (United Kingdom, France and Germany) urges Tehran to work together fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose Director General Rafael Grossi opened the meeting at 10.30 am

If adopted by the Council’s 35 -member state, which will meet through Friday, it will be the first critical resolution since June 2020, a sign of the growing impatience of Westerners.

Because the Islamic Republic is freeing itself every day a little more from its nuclear commitments, while limiting its cooperation with the UN body, which is responsible for ensuring the peaceful nature of its program.

In a recent report, theIAEA denounced the lack of satisfactory answer at technically convincing of Iran about traces of enriched uranium found at three undeclared sites in the country.

Although these activities began before 2003, there is no reason for Iran’s systematic failure to seriously cooperate with the Agency’s investigationbelieves that Kelsey Davenport, an expert from the Arms Control Association, who was interviewed byAFP.

” A critical resolution is needed to send a message that this hurdle will have consequences. “

For its part, Iran has promised a response immediatelywarning against an initiative not constructive at the time talks stalled to activate the JCPOA (acronym for 2015 agreement).

Those advocating for an anti-Iran resolution will have to face the consequencesIranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian insisted on Twitter on Sunday.

Negotiations began in April 2021 in Vienna, with the aim of returning Joe Biden’s United States to the fold of this agreement that should prevent the Islamic Republic from making atomic bombs – an intention he denies.

Washington left here in 2018 under the presidency of Donald Trump, who deemed the text inadequate and reinstated economic sanctions against Tehran, leading to the disintegration of the agreement.

The warning from Moscow and Beijing

Such vote in the Council ofIAEA can hinder the negotiation processalso reacted to China and Russia, the two States that remain parties to the text along withE3.

In a tweet, Russian Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov called redouble diplomatic efforts instead of challenging Iran to a resolution.

Although the climate is tense, Clément Therme, associate researcher at the International Institute of Iranian Studies (Rasanah), does not mind at this stage a break in discussions.

In the context of the war in Ukraine, Europeans are not ready to trigger a new crisis in Iranhe judged. The document is constructed in such a way as to leave the door open.

The conditions of Washington and Tehran

The talks are currently stumbling upon a major obstacle: Joe Biden’s refusal to surrender a major request from Tehran, the removal of Iran’s ideological army from America’s blacklist of terrorist organizations.

The White House’s political wing was really afraid of criticism from Republicans ahead of the legislative election in November.

If Mr. Biden is afraid a high political cost is low compared to the threat of a nuclear-armed Iranby Kelsey Davenport.

And call the American administration that striving to find creative solutions to reach a compromise.

According to the latest estimates fromIAEAthe Islamic Republic now has 43.1 kg of 60% enriched uranium.

An amount that, if enriched up to 90%, is enough to produce a bomb in 10 daysin the worst case scenario, the specialist warns of this outbreak.

We are already at the bottom breakout time of approximately one year provided for the 2015 agreement.

Know that the subsequent stages of arming, that is it will take a year or twomay difficult to detectsaid Ms. Davenport, pointed out the urgency of imposing limits and re -establish the regime of comprehensive inspection ofIAEA.