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Saturday, February 19, 2022
Iran FM: ‘We’re in a hurry’ to reach nuke deal, West must make ‘political decision’
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Iran’s foreign minister says that it’s up to Western countries to show flexibility in the negotiations to restore the 2015 deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
“The ball is now in their court,” Hossein Amirabdollahian says at the Munich Security Conference.
“We are ready to achieve a good deal at the earliest possible time — if the other side makes the needed political decision,” he adds.
Amirabdollahian insists that “we are in a hurry” to reach a deal. But he makes clear that the issue of guarantees from the US about a restored deal’s future remains a sticking point.
“We have never been this close to a deal,” he says. “It is the Western side that has to present its initiatives and show flexibility… they have not shown any flexibility so far.”
The Times of Israel Community.