BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 18. Iran sees no sense in talks with the US under current conditions, the spokesperson for the Iranian Government Fatemeh Mohajerani said at a press conference in Bushehr Province today, Trend reports.
According to her, Iran has always announced its readiness for discussion and stated that the door for discussion is always open.
Mohajerani mentioned that the party that closed the door to the discussion is the US which declares maximum pressure.
"The whole world has seen that Iran concluded after holding a discussion. It was the US that canceled the result. Iran has always announced that it is ready to dialogue with the world," she added.
To note, on February 5, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating maximum pressure on Iran. The president stated that hopefully maximum pressure won't be used frequently. He also mentioned his readiness to engage in talks with the Iranian president.
Back in November 2018, the US rolled out a fresh set of sanctions on Iran, all tied up with its nuclear ambitions. Since that time, sanctions have cast a wide net over Iran's oil exports, along with more than 700 banks, companies, and individuals caught in the crossfire.
In January 2016, Iran and the P5+1 group (the US, Russia, China, the UK, France, and Germany) implemented the Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action concerning Iran’s nuclear program.
In May 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran.
By the end of 2020, the Iranian parliament decided to pursue a strategic plan in the nuclear sector to counter the sanctions, leading to a suspension of additional steps and the Additional Protocol as per the nuclear agreement.
Consequently, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) faced a reduction in monitoring capabilities by 20–30 percent.
Iran has officially affirmed that its strategy is not to pursue the development of an atomic bomb and that it does not support the production of weapons of mass destruction.
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