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Britain urges Iran to return quickly to nuclear negotiations

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss held her first meeting with her Iranian counterpart and urged Tehran to return quickly to the Vienna negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement with the aim of all parties returning to compliance with it and easing tension over Iran’s nuclear program, according to a British government spokesman.

The spokesman said on Wednesday that Truss and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian discussed bilateral, nuclear and regional issues in the meeting, according to Reuters. It is noteworthy that Abdullahian reiterated earlier on Wednesday what the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Tuesday, stressing that Tehran wants to resume the nuclear talks that were suspended in Vienna last June.

The Iranian minister explained In a meeting with the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the new government will resume the Vienna negotiations and study its background carefully, according to the official “IRNA” agency. )

Hussein Amir Abdollahian (archive from AFP)

“Concrete results”

He also considered that “everyone should know that what is required is for the nuclear agreement to have results.” Concrete for Iran,” adding that “it is important for Tehran to see the lifting of the embargo in practice.”

In addition, he pointed out that “all parties must take practical steps to demonstrate their commitment to the agreement.”

Missiles and Militias

It is reported that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi had hinted on Tuesday that his country was ready to resume nuclear talks, but he ruled out that it would include ballistic missiles and support for regional militias, which are among the contentious issues. Which the administration of US President Joe Biden intended to include in the talks as well.

Negotiations began between Iran and the other five signatories to the 2015 agreement (Germany, China, France, Britain and Russia) in April in Vienna, with the aim of returning the United States to the agreement. Those talks have stalled since June after Raisi won the presidential election.

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