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Coveni-Rohani meeting in Iran on nuclear program

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveni will meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Sunday, within the framework of the role assigned to him by the United Nations Security Council, ie to facilitate contacts regarding the Agreement on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program signed with the major powers in 2015, formally the Joint Integrated Action Plan (JAP).

So far, Tehran has refused to accept the offer to attend a meeting under the auspices of the European Union with the participation of other parties, including the United States, in order for all parties to return to full compliance with the agreement. However, sources close to the EU have spoken in recent days of positive signs on his part Iran, which agreed to hold informal talks after European powers chose to avoid criticizing Tehran at the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is also scheduled to meet with Simon Coveni during his visit, promised on Friday that Tehran would soon present a “constructive” proposal for the course to be followed.

“Ireland is a strong supporter of the CSD” and, in the role assigned to it, Dublin wants to “have a dialogue with all parties and encourage them to return to full compliance with the agreement,” Coveni said. according to a press release issued by his services.

Ireland, an EU Member State, has been holding one of the 15 seats on the UN Security Council since January and has been tasked with facilitating contacts on the CSD.

Former Republican President Donald Trump has tried to tear up the deal by unilaterally withdrawing his country from it and imposing sweeping sanctions on Iran. After Democratic new President Joe Biden came to power, Washington and Tehran have been at loggerheads over who should take the first step to save the CSD.

Britain, France and Germany have decided to suspend a decision criticizing Iran to the IAEA on Thursday to avoid narrowing diplomatic efforts, citing some concessions from Tehran over its nuclear program. of the country.

Iran’s nuclear program is ultimately judged by the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, not by its president and government.

Mr Cowney’s visit follows his ministry’s announcement this week that it plans to reopen the Irish embassy in Tehran by 2023. The Irish embassy closed in 2012 amid wider budget cuts.

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