The spokesperson of the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry announced that Tehran is prepared to reduce its uranium enrichment level to 3.67%, which is the limit set by the 2015 nuclear agreement (JCPOA), on the condition that a broader deal is reached guaranteeing Iran’s right to enrich uranium inside the country.
In an interview with The Guardian, published on Monday, September 1, Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson of the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry, referred to the history of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors’ presence in Iran and added:
“There is an extreme trust deficit between the UN weapons inspectors from IAEA and Iran. There is a real concern that the information gathered at the sites by the IAEA would end up being passed on to Israel.”
Following the recent war between the Iranian regime and Israel, Tehran officials have escalated their criticism of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The spokesperson of the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry added: “The Iranian government was not constitutionally able to block Iran’s withdrawal from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) if the Iranian parliament went ahead and passed a law withdrawing from it in response to the European reimposition of UN sanctions.”
He also criticized European countries, saying: “The Europeans are doing what Trump dictated to them. The Europeans’ role is going to be diminished.” he said.
Baghaei added: “In a way, all of the European countries condoned what Israel did, and very likely provided information to the Israeli regime.”
Threat to withdraw from the NPT
At the same time as Baghaei’s interview was published, Kazem Gharibabadi, deputy foreign minister of the Iranian regime, said: “We hope the Europeans will use the same 20 to 30-day snapback process that they themselves have proposed to correct their mistake.”
He threatened that if the Europeans “move toward reinstating sanctions, the Iranian regime will show an appropriate response.”
Officials of the Iranian regime have repeatedly threatened that Tehran may withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The spokesperson of the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry said on this matter: “We are ready because this issue concerns our dignity and sovereignty. I think just as you in Britain had the spirit of resistance during the Nazi attack, we have the same spirit; because we know that this war, which was imposed on us in the middle of negotiations, was very unfair.”
Iranian Regime Accelerates Uranium Enrichment to Concerning Levels
On August 28, France, Britain, and Germany announced the activation of the snapback mechanism, calling on the Iranian regime to return to nuclear negotiations with the United States and fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency within the 30-day period granted by the mechanism to delay sanctions.
In his interview with The Guardian, Baghaei described Europe’s conditions as “a sign of a lack of seriousness and absence of goodwill.”
The three European countries and Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, referring to the process of restoring UN sanctions against the Iranian regime, stated that this move does not mean the end of diplomacy but emphasized: “Now the ball is in Tehran’s court.”
Officials of the Iranian regime have promised that Tehran will give an “appropriate response” to the move by the three European countries in activating the snapback mechanism.
