Iran to pursue dual-track policy of neutralizing, lifting sanctions: Top diplomat
Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says Tehran should pursue the policy of neutralizing and lifting sanctions at the same time.
In an interview on Saturday, Bagheri Kani said Iranian authorities should use productive experience to improve the situation in the next steps.
“We have two ways in the face of sanctions. One is the neutralization of sanctions, which aims to reduce dependence on foreign sides,” he added.
He noted that the other approach is based on the lifting of sanctions through negotiations and consensus with foreign parties.
“This means reaching agreements that are within the framework of our national interests,” the top Iranian diplomat emphasized.
Bagheri Kani described the 2015 nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – as a multilateral mechanism aimed at lifting sanctions.
The initiative was correct in principle and it seems to be unlikely that someone would oppose it, he said.
Bagheri Kani added that the main issue is whether the JCPOA has been successful in securing Iran’s interests or not.
Despite the ongoing hiatus in the negotiations to revive the JCPOA and remove sanctions, Iran has continued its progress in various fields, he pointed out.
The JCPOA was a multilateral international agreement signed between Iran and five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany in 2015, which required Iran to scale back some of its nuclear activities in return for the lifting of cruel sanctions imposed on the country, especially by the United States.
However, former US President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the UNSC-endorsed agreement in May 2018, imposing severe economic sanctions against Tehran while Iran was adhering to its commitments under the deal and even continued to do so for a year after the US withdrawal.
The negotiations to restore the JCPOA began in April 2021, three years after the US unilaterally withdrew from the agreement and began to target Iran’s economy with tough economic sanctions.
Iran has criticized the lack of will on the side of the US and the E3 to revive the deal and has ramped up its nuclear activities in response to their non-compliance.
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