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 by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Dec 17, 2020
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday voiced confidence that President-elect Joe Biden will resume US commitments under the nuclear deal which Donald Trump pulled out of. Tensions between Tehran and Washington soared during Trump's presidency, especially after 2018 when he withdrew Washington from the landmark nuclear deal and reimposed punishing unilateral sanctions on Iran. Biden, who defeated Trump at the ballot box in November, has signalled a willingness to return to diplomacy with Iran. And Rouhani's government has repeatedly signalled its openness to the incoming US administration and called on Washington to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions. "I have no doubt that the perseverance of the Iranian people during these past three years will force the new US government to succumb and resume its commitments," Rouhani said in televised remarks. "The sanctions will be broken," he added. His comments come a day after Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran should bolster itself to "nullify" the effects of the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, but should "not delay" in case they can be lifted. Rouhani echoed Khamenei, saying time should not be wasted. "We must act in order to nullify the effects of the sanctions... as the supreme leader has said." "We should not wait, not even one hour, for the lifting of the sanctions. The government must do everything in its power to break the sanctions," Rouhani added. He said Iran will do "everything possible to achieve" what he described as a "very important instruction" made by Khamenei.
Iran nuclear deal parties try to defuse tensions Vienna (AFP) Dec 16, 2020 The remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear accord on Wednesday discussed ways to shore up a deal under mounting pressure from Iranian breaches, US sanctions and uncertainty before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in Washington next month. Representatives of China, France, Russia, Iran, Germany and Britain held two hours of virtual talks that one diplomat said involved urging Iran to stick to the deal and give space to diplomacy. Biden, who takes office January 20, has signalled Washing ... read more
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