Of this and therefore they are the ones who acted in bad faith, something that the biden administration and other allies would have put on the table is not just the nuclear programme, but expanded to include the ballistic missile programme and raisi made a point there and said that is not going to happen. 0ne point there and said that is not going to happen. one of the failings of the original deal was some said it wasn t comprehensive enough in addressing iran s other bad behaviours. without that on the table, do we get very fari mean, people like me believe that while of course we would like to address other things like the ballistic missile programme or some of the provisions that have expired, better to do that within thejcpoa. that to do that within the jcpoa. that not ou to do that within the jcpoa. that got you the to do that within the jcpoa. twat got you the restriction is a drawback of the iranian nuclear programme, and inspections and verifications regime and within that f
Does that put iran in a stronger position in this round of talks in vienna? ., . , position in this round of talks in vienna? ., . i, , vienna? not necessarily because actually they vienna? not necessarily because actually they accelerated - vienna? not necessarily because actually they accelerated their i actually they accelerated their nuclear programme since president trump made the disastrous decision, in my view, to pull out of the deal, but the situation does not go back to before thejc poa was breached. i think they might believe they are in a stronger position because they might believe they have some diplomatic high ground because the united states is the one that first pulled out of the deal and violated its terms and therefore they believe the onus should be on the united states to go the extra mile to be the first one to act and lift the sanctions that they are entitled to be lifted under the terms of the jcpoa, but the reality here is that it is a tough negotiation becau
Won last week s election in which he had no significant opposition and attracted lowest voter turnout since the founding of the islamic republican 40 years ago. he allegedly participated in a death panel in the 1980s where he oversaw the execution of some 5,000 political prisoners. amnesty international has called for an etinvestigation into cris for e say? you re absolutely right, jake. i think one of the things that we really learned today, and i think this was surprising for a lot of observers. right now what you have with ebrahim raisi with that incoming government is they re 100% on the same page as iran s supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and that means a really tough
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A nuclear bomb. in return, iran wants rid of sanctions harming its ailing economy. as both sides agreed to revive a previously agreed deal, the mood music sounds good from iran, the eu and the us. we are closer to a deal than any time in the past, but it doesn t mean that we are there. the next round, delegations will come back from capitals with clearer instructions, clearer ideas on how to finally close the deal. the whole question of- which sanctions will be lifted is currently being - negotiated in vienna. complicating matters, iran s supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamanei who is the ultimate power broker here has repeatedly called the elimination of america s ally, israel. now israel says the recent election of hardliner ebrahim raisi as iran s next president has heightened its fears.