Tangible Outcome a Necessity for JCPOA Talks

It is essential that negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal have a tangible result for the Iranian nation, said the new foreign minister. 
In a televised speech on Monday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the Iranian parliament and government seek to uphold the rights of the nation to its maximum level. 
“We hope that the other sides in the Vienna talks act on the basis of logic and wisdom,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA. 
Negotiations have been underway in the Austrian capital since April to bring the nuclear deal back to life. 
Formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the agreement has been out of shape since the United States pulled out in 2018 and reimposed sweeping sanctions on Tehran. 
Iran reacted a year later by scaling back its commitments, after the remaining parties failed to make up for the effects of US sanctions. 
Six rounds of talks were successfully held in Vienna before they reached a halt in June. 
They also coincided with the change of government in Iran following the June 18 presidential elections which brought conservative Ebrahim Raeisi to power. 
The US says it is now up to Iran to decide if it is ready to return to full compliance while Tehran blames Washington for the pause in negotiations.
“The ball remains in Iran’s court and we will see if they’re prepared to make the decisions necessary to come back into compliance,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had once said. 
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said, on the other hand, that the US is making “stubborn” demands that Iran would not accept. 
Not only does the US refuse to effectively remove the sanctions and guarantee that it would not repeat its illegal action, but also it staunchly insists on adding a phrase to the existing deal which requires Iran to enter talks on other issues at a later stage, according to him.  
“By adding this clause, they want to provide an excuse for their future intervention in the original JCPOA and missile and regional issues, so if we refuse to discuss those issues, they will accuse Iran of violating the agreement and say the deal is over,” he said.

Language of Intimidation 

Amir-Abdollahian said the Americans’ first mistake is using a language of intimidation against Iran. 
“We explicitly told the European Union representative that intimidation against the Iranian nation is not constructive and will produce no results,” he said, referring to his meeting with Enrique Mora, senior EU diplomat who coordinates JCPOA talks, on the sidelines of President Raeisi’s inauguration in Tehran. 
He added that negotiation is a diplomatic tool and Iran welcomes any talks ruled by logic, but will not accept a policy of wasting time. 
The foreign minister pointed to his recent visit to Iraq to take part in the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership. 
He said the president was invited to attend this forum, but the Islamic Republic decided to participate at the level of foreign minister. 
“We welcome any meeting attended by regional authorities, because foreigners cannot play a role in regional developments and it is not in the interest of the region,” he said. 
Referring to developments in Afghanistan, he said Iran supports a central government with the participation all afghan ethnic groups. 
“If foreigners leave the Afghan nation alone, the people of this country can decide their future and we support a secure Afghanistan too,” he said.