Macron believes a deal is “still possible”.
The French president on Saturday assessed that a deal with Tehran over its nuclear program was still possible.
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday July 22 when he met Egyptian President Al-Sisi.
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Emmanuel Macron assessed that restarting the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was “still possible” and “intervened as soon as possible” after a meeting with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi on Saturday.
“Regarding the 2015 nuclear deal,” which would prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear bomb in exchange for the lifting of sanctions suffocating its economy, “the president of the republic reiterated his hope. Still possible, but it must intervene soon,” Elysee said in a press release.
“After several months of stalled talks in Vienna”, Emmanuel Macron “expressed his disappointment at the lack of progress and stressed to President Roysi the need to make a clear choice to close the deal and implement its nuclear commitments”, the French president added. Talks in Vienna between Iran and major powers including Washington to renew the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have stalled since March.
At the end of June, Qatar organized indirect talks in Doha between Iran and the United States — which withdrew from the deal in 2018 — in hopes of getting the Vienna process back on track, but these discussions broke down two days later. turning point During the two-hour interview with Emmanuel Macron, “Mr. Raisi condemned the actions and non-constructive positions of the United States and European countries on the nuclear file according to the Iranian president.
Last week, an Iranian official confirmed that “Tehran has the technical capability to produce a nuclear bomb,” while noting that Iran “has not made a decision on that.” Iran’s foreign ministry vowed there would be “no change” in its nuclear policy, citing a fatwa banning “weapons of mass destruction”.
In addition, according to the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron “reiterated his deep concern over the situation of four French nationals arbitrarily detained in Iran”, asking for “their immediate release”. They are Benjamin Prior, sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison for espionage, who is contesting; Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelgah was sentenced in May 2020 to five years in prison for national security and attacks on two trade unionists, detained since May 11 while they were on tour and accused of “undermining the security” of the country.
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