Iranian Foreign Minister’s warning after nuclear attack was “a bad bet”

A warning to the USA was sent today by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said they would not gain any advantage in talks on Iran’s nuclear program through “acts of sabotage” or “sanctions”.

“Americans need to know “Neither sanctions nor sabotage will provide them with a bargaining chip, and these actions will only complicate the situation for them,” Zarif said 48 hours after an accident at Natanz nuclear plant, which Tehran attributed to “sabotage.” Of Israel.

According to AMPE, in a joint press conference he gave with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Zarif stressed that the attack on Natanz It was a “bad bet” on the part of Israel, which will strengthen Tehran ‘s position in the talks held in Vienna on rescuing the 2015 agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, from which the US unilaterally withdrew in 2018.

“I assure you that in the near future more advanced technology centrifuges will be installed at the Natanz facility,” he said. “The Israelis believed that with the attack “They will weaken our position in the Vienna talks, but on the contrary they will strengthen it.”

Saving the deal

For his part, Lavrov said that Russia wants to save the 2015 agreement, if the US eventually returns to it, while accusing the EU of threatening talks by imposing new sanctions on Iran for human rights violations.

“We believe that we will be able to save the agreement and that Washington will eventually return to its full implementation,” he said.

Lavrov once again called on the United States to lift the sanctions it re-imposed on Tehran in 2018, after withdrawing from the agreement.

At the same time, the Russian minister attacked the EU, which, according to him, threatens the efforts carried out after the announcement yesterday of sanctions against eight officials of the Iranian security forces. for their role in the violent repression of the November 2019 demonstrations.

“If there is no coordination in the EU and the right hand does not know what the left is doing, it is a disaster,” he said.

“But if this decision was taken deliberately in the midst of the ongoing negotiations in Vienna to bail out the agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, then it is not a disaster. is a mistake that is worse than a crime “ concluded Lavrov.

The Russian foreign minister arrived in Tehran today to hold talks with Iranian officials on rescuing the 2015 nuclear deal.

In addition to his Iranian counterpart, Lavrov will also meet with President Hassan Rohani, according to the Irna news agency.

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