TEHRAN — Iranian MPs urged
the government Sunday to secure Western guarantees at Vienna talks to restore
the 2015 nuclear deal, state media reported, amid signs a deal could be close.
اضافة اعلان
In a letter addressed to President
Ebrahim Raisi and read at parliament, 250 MPs out of the 290-strong assembly, set out
several conditions for reaching a deal.
It came amid growing signs over the weekend
that a deal could be struck between Iran and world powers, including the US.
German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz said on
Saturday that the "moment of truth" has arrived for Tehran's
leadership.
And on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Naftali
Bennett said
Iran may "shortly" agree a new nuclear deal with major
powers.
In the letter, the Iranian MPs insisted that
the US, France, Germany, and Britain must guarantee they would not withdraw
from a new deal.
The Vienna talks aim to revive the 2015
accord known formally as the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The deal offered Iran sanctions relief in
exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, but the US unilaterally withdrew
from it in 2018 under then-president
Donald Trump and re-imposed heavy economic
sanctions.
This in turn prompted Iran to begin rolling
back on its commitments.
The MPs also demanded a pledge from the US
and other parties to the JCPOA that they would not use a "snapback"
mechanism that would re-impose sanctions on Iran in case Tehran violates its
part of the deal.
"We have to learn a lesson from past
experiences... by not committing to any agreement without obtaining the
necessary guarantees first," the MPs said, according to state news agency
IRNA.
They said Western powers must first fulfil
their obligations by lifting the sanctions — especially the ones imposed
on
Iranian oil and banks — adding that once Tehran has verified that it will in
turn fulfil its obligations.
The MPs also said a return to the deal
should only take place if all sanctions, including on missile technology and
human rights, are lifted.
Since November, Iran has been engaged in
direct
talks in Vienna with Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia
directly and indirectly with the US.
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