Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that his country does not seek to possess nuclear weapons and will cooperate with international inspectors, stating, "We will continue our steadfast cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency based on the commitments of the safeguards agreement."
According to the Mayadeen channel, Rouhani said, "If the sanctions imposed on us are lifted, we will return to fulfilling our commitments the next day," considering that "the nuclear agreement must be implemented, not negotiated." He pointed out that the nuclear agreement, which was signed in 2015, cannot have any additional provisions added to it, adding that "if we wanted to negotiate regional issues or our missile program, Trump would have returned to the agreement, and I informed the Swiss president that we are ready to reverse our actions if the other parties return to their commitments."
The Iranian president revealed that his country will implement the decision of the parliament and will suspend its voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol on the 23rd of this month. He viewed that "Washington has been defeated in its maximum pressure policy against our country, and there is no solution for it but to return to the nuclear agreement."
He summarized the current deadlock between Tehran and Washington into two questions: Who will take the first step? And what concessions will each side offer to facilitate a return to the nuclear agreement? Both parties are aware that failure to return to the nuclear agreement promptly means losing cards that will be difficult to recover after the opportunity has passed.
