TEHRAN (Iran News) Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with ambassadors and representatives of foreign countries based in Tehran, Araqchi said:

“Today’s meeting was arranged to brief the ambassadors on the latest discussions in New York. It was also necessary to provide explanations about the ‘snapback’ mechanism.”

He continued: “All countries should recognize Iran’s rightful position and understand the situation created by Western powers. Iran has worked for a fair and balanced negotiated solution, but it was the Western countries that responded negatively due to their excessive demands.”

Araqchi emphasized that the experience of negotiations in New York demonstrated that there is no alternative to a diplomatic solution for Iran’s nuclear issue:

“For years they threatened military action and resorted to the snapback mechanism. Our response was that, just as military attack was not a solution, neither is snapback. The three European countries thought they had this leverage, but when they used it, they saw it solved nothing.”

Araqchi said the three European countries involved had weakened their own role in the talks:

“Diplomacy does not end, but the question is how and with which parties it continues. The three European countries have certainly reduced their role and undermined the justification for negotiations. In any future negotiated solution, their role will be smaller.”

He rejected claims of additional conditions for the talks: “No such conditions were officially stated. Our negotiations were solely about the nuclear issue. Our proposals were clear, and had they been considered, a negotiated solution would not have been out of reach. This is still possible if they come to talks in good faith that benefit both sides.”

On cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Araqchi said:

“We signed an agreement with the Agency in Cairo outlining a new framework for cooperation. Given the attacks and existing concerns, cooperation as before was no longer feasible, and a new framework was needed.”

He added: “The Cairo agreement can no longer serve as the basis for our cooperation with the Agency. The snapback has changed all conditions, and we face a new situation that requires new decisions. The Cairo agreement is no longer effective.”

Araqchi stressed that Iran has acted in good faith: “Iran has taken every step it needed to, cooperating with the Agency and presenting fair proposals. The West has no excuse to claim that Iran has avoided negotiations or to justify triggering the snapback mechanism. Iran’s rightful stance has been made clear.”

He added: “Iran has demonstrated through its actions that it seeks only to secure its own rights and remains ready for any fair solution. The last time there was an attack, over 120 countries around the world condemned it because Iran acted as a rational player. Now too, Iran has shown that it is a prudent actor and will not relinquish its rights.”

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The foreign minister said that all the people are equal in the face of this common human pain.

“If one country becomes vulnerable to the threat of corona pandemic, the entirety of the international community will suffer from the same vulnerability,” Zarif said.

“We cannot buy a security for ourselves at the cost of making others insecure. We cannot build a future for ourselves by putting pressure on others. I wish COVID-19 would at least teach us this lesson to understand that in an interconnected world, we are all boarding the same boat.”

He stressed the need to act indiscriminately in distributing the vaccine among the poor and rich nations.

Referring to Iran’s difficulties caused by the US tough sanctions to provide medical supplies from abroad, Zarif said that the Iranian scientists successfully managed to produce COVID-19 vaccines as they already manufactured missiles domestically.

The United States should act quickly to revive Iran’s nuclear deal, because once Iran’s presidential election period kicks off it is unlikely much will happen until later this year, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Monday (Mar 15).

Speaking at the European Policy Centre think tank, Zarif repeated Tehran’s longstanding demand that Washington returns first to

He added that he had seen no change between the Biden administration and the Trump administration’s policy of maximum pressure to force Iran back to the negotiating table. He said he saw no reason to hold preliminary talks because the US was making “extraneous” demands. compliance by lifting sanctions.

“There is a time constraint and that is once we go to our election it is a lame-duck government and (it) will not be able to do anything serious and then we will have a waiting period of almost six months,” he said, referring to a presidential election due on Jun 18.

“It is advisable for the United States to move fast and moving fast requires them not to be shy, but takes measures that they need to take.”

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He noted that the incident revealed the hypocrite and inhuman face of western sponsors of terrorism.

The senior official extended deepest sympathies to families of victims, New Zealand government and people and to all Muslims around the world while wishing for the swift recovery of victims.

Friday terrorist attack at two New Zealand mosques in Christchurch killed 49 people and wounded 40 others. The incident was the country’s worst ever mass shooting, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as a terrorist attack.

The Australian gunman behind the massacre, identified as Brenton Tarrant, streamed the attack on one mosque live on Facebook, after publishing a “manifesto” in which he denounced immigrants, calling them “invaders”. In his manifesto, Tarrant said he saw US President Donald Trump as “symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.

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