Iran will not accept any US preconditions to a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and issues including Iran’s missile program and regional affairs are “non-negotiable,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says in a speech.
He also says he will not allow any delay to the end of sanctions on Iran. He may be referring to the so-called sunset clauses of the deal, which limit Iran’s use of certain advanced centrifuges until 2025 and the cap on its uranium stockpile until 2030.
Iran has breached both aspects of the deal since the US pulled out of the accord.
“Some people want to delay the process but we will not consent to it whether it be for one hour,” he says.
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 9, 2020 (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
“Iran has repeatedly made it clear that it will also abide by its full commitments if all of the participants to the agreement live up to their full commitments.”
US President-elect Joe Biden has said he plans to reenter the deal when he enters office. He has not set the issue of limits to Iran’s ballistic missile program and regional intervention as a precondition to this, but has said he will seek dialog on the matter.
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