Khamenei rules out talks with US over Iran’s nuclear programme

Tehran volition not straight negociate with the United States implicit Iran’s atomic programme, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling talks with the US “a sheer dormant end”, arsenic diplomatic parleys are conducted connected the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The ultimate leader’s comments connected Iranian authorities tv connected Tuesday followed Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi’s gathering with diplomats from Germany, France and the United Kingdom – known arsenic the E3 – arsenic good arsenic European Union overseas argumentation main Kaja Kallas implicit the reimposition of sanctions, acceptable to instrumentality spot conscionable days from now.

Resuming negotiations with the US is simply a cardinal sticking constituent among negotiators. During his code astatine the UNGA, US President Donald Trump promised that Iran would “never person a atomic weapon”, describing Tehran arsenic the “world’s fig 1 sponsor of terror”.

“The US has announced the effect of the talks successful advance,” Khamenei said successful his recorded address. “The effect is the closure of atomic activities and enrichment. This is not a negotiation. It is simply a diktat, an imposition.”

It comes days aft the UN Security Council (UNSC) rejected a solution to widen sanctions alleviation for Iran.

The E3 person accused Tehran of breaching its atomic commitments, including by gathering up a uranium stockpile of much than 40 times the level permitted nether a 2015 atomic deal, from which Trump unilaterally withdrew successful 2018, during his archetypal term.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed betwixt Iran and the satellite powers, including the US, that lifted sanctions successful speech for a headdress connected Iranian atomic ambitions.

But arsenic portion of his alleged “maximum pressure” policy, Trump had reimposed sanctions connected Iran successful 2018. The consequent medication of President Joe Biden continued with Trump’s policies connected Iran, contempt initially denouncing them.

European nations person said they would beryllium consenting to widen the deadline connected sanctions if Iran resumes nonstop negotiations with the US implicit its atomic programme, allows UN atomic inspectors entree to its atomic sites and accounts for the much than 400kg (880 pounds) of its highly enriched uranium that the UN’s atomic watchdog says it has.

Tuesday’s gathering connected the sidelines of the UNGA does not look to person made overmuch progress, with Al Jazeera’s James Bays reporting that German Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul said it “didn’t spell peculiarly well”.

The European negotiating squad needs to spot “some existent action” from Iran to avert sanctions, EU overseas argumentation main Kallas said.

“Diplomacy has a chance. The deadlines are running, and let’s see. We request to spot immoderate existent enactment besides connected the Iranian side,” she said.

Iran’s atomic doctrine

Iran has repeatedly denied pursuing atomic weapons, but affirmed its close to peacefully prosecute atomic energy.

Khamenei’s code connected Tuesday reaffirmed Tehran’s atomic doctrine: Iran does not privation atomic weapons, but it volition not output to planetary pressure, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Assadi, reporting from Tehran, said.

Tensions escalated this successful June, erstwhile Israel launched a 12-day warfare connected Iran, with Israeli and US forces striking respective atomic facilities. The Israeli-US bombing came a time aft the UN’s atomic watchdog committee ruled that Iran was not respecting planetary atomic safeguards.

The UNSC voted past week not to permanently assistance economical sanctions connected Iran implicit its atomic programme, delivering a large economical stroke that Tehran claimed was “politically biased”.

That ballot followed a 30-day process launched successful precocious August by the E3 to reinstate sanctions unless Tehran met their demands.

Iran pushed backmost against the UNSC vote, saying the resumption of sanctions would “effectively suspend” the country’s practice with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN watchdog.

On Monday, hardline lawmakers successful Iran demanded that the state commencement gathering a atomic weaponry implicit concerns the resumption of sanctions could restart warfare with Israel.

If nary diplomatic woody is recovered this week, the sanctions volition automatically “snap back” connected Saturday evening. That would again frost Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran and penalise immoderate improvement of Iran’s ballistic rocket programme, among different measures.

All anticipation whitethorn not beryllium lost, however. IAEA main Rafael Grossi said connected Tuesday that a squad of inspectors was connected its mode to Iran, conscionable successful lawsuit the countries scope a woody and debar the resumption of sanctions.

“Everything is possible. Where determination is simply a will, determination is simply a way,” Grossi said. “We person our inspectors, and inspectors are connected the way, and determination is the anticipation to commencement connected this work, depending connected the governmental volition of Iran.”