Sources familiar with the talks said: Among the ways to aim To address this issue, the United States and the three European countries must define the foundations of a purely civilian nuclear program and threaten consequences if Iran exceeds these foundations..
This would preserve the agreement but would actually impose additional restrictions on Tehran.
In Geneva, Christopher Ford, an American official in the field of nuclear non-proliferation, outlined the broad outlines of such an approach without providing any details.
He told reporters, “We do not aim to renegotiate the nuclear agreement, reopen or change its provisions. We are seeking a supplementary agreement that sets a series of Additional regulations“.
Richard Nephew, a former White House expert on sanctions on Iran, said that there are differences among Europeans on this matter.
He added, “What I heard is that the French are less opposed to this way of thinking than the Germans. This does not mean that they are necessarily enthusiastic about it, but they see the value that the Germans do not see.”“.
In Berlin, German Foreign Ministry spokesman Rainer Bruel said that Germany will carefully study the idea of a supplementary agreement, but it refuses to change the agreement.
He said, “For us, the priority is to preserve the nuclear agreement and implement it fully by all parties. The nuclear agreement was negotiated with seven countries and the European Union and cannot be renegotiated or replaced.” On a whim“.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with Trump in Washington on Friday.
The Iranian President had previously said that foreign powers had no right to change the agreement. He wondered whether Trump was qualified to question such a complex international agreement.
Rouhani said, “They say that we want to take a decision with the leader of a certain European country regarding an agreement that includes seven parties. Why? And by what right?”
Rouhani mocked Trump, who told European powers on January 12 of the need to agree to “fix the horrific flaws in the agreement,” otherwise he would refuse to extend the suspension of US sanctions against Iran. These sanctions are scheduled to resume if Trump does not issue a decision to suspend them on May 12.
Directing his speech to Trump, Rouhani said, “You have no background in politics. You have no background in law. You have no background in international treaties. How can a merchant and contractor make judgments about international affairs?”“.
