Deputy Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 3, 2021. EU Delegation in Vienna/Handout via REUTERS
Politico: Iran nuclear talks close to collapse over Russian demands
With its economy teetering, Russia wants sanctions protections written into the deal. Negotiations will likely now pause amid the impasse.
VIENNA — The Iran nuclear talks are on the precipice of collapse over last-minute Russian demands for sanctions protection, according to two diplomats.
Negotiations have reached an impasse over the Russian requests, diplomats said, imperiling the revival of a 2015 landmark deal under which Iran limited its nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief.
Russia is requesting that any return to the agreement include guarantees that any future Russian business with Iran be exempt from EU and U.S. sanctions — a late curveball from Moscow in response to the crippling penalties the country is facing over its invasion of Ukraine.
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Update #1: Russia is close to sabotaging the Iran nuclear deal (Financial Times)
Update #2: Iran played by Russia as Moscow tries to take over nuclear deal - analysis (Jerusalem Post)
WNU Editor: These talks are happening behind closed doors. So it is hard to know what is really happening.
But we know this. The lead Russian negotiator in these talks was caught on tape bragging about how Iran, Russia and China teamed up to sideline the US and deliver huge concessions for Iran's nuclear program (see below).
Shocking video: This is the lead Russian negotiator for the Iran nuclear talks, Mikhail Ulyanov.
— POLARIS (@polarisnatsec) March 6, 2022
He's bragging about how Russia, Iran, and China teamed up to deliver huge wins for Iran's nuclear program in Vienna negotiations. pic.twitter.com/oiTOgfh99i
2 comments:
Face it the Americans negotiating are tards, not America's best and brightest.
OH I'm sure the Russians leaked that video in order to tank the process. They know Biden can't sign on to this deal if everyone knows Russia ran the negotiation process to the detriment of US interests. Biden will blame the Russians for tanking the process and pull out. I'm sure they'll be back to the table without the Russians at some point. Biden and the democrats have a hard on for any kind of Iran nuclear deal.
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