TEHRAN, Aug 18 (NNN-IRNA) – A senior Iranian lawmaker said yesterday that, Iran has made its “political decision” on a possible agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, urging the United States to make its own one, the Student News Network (SNN) reported.
“The negotiations are over and the agreement process is underway. Iran’s political decision has been made and America must make its own political decision,” Abbas Moqtadaee, vice chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, was quoted by SNN as saying.
Moqtadaee made the remarks after the parliament’s closed-door meeting with Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, the Iranian chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani and officials from the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran.
The United States should decide whether it intends to respect Iranians’ “full interests” or to “break their vows and contract as in the past,” Moqtadaee noted.
“Currently, the ball is in the court of the United States and the West, and they should make the right decision to respond to Iran, regarding the agreement,” Vali Esmaili, vice chairman of the Social Commission of parliament, told IRNA news agency, yesterday.
Esmaili said, parliament has given complete authority to the Iranian negotiating team in the nuclear talks.
On Monday, Iran announced, it presented its written response to the EU’s draft agreement, noting, if the U.S. reaction features realism, the nuclear agreement will be achieved.
The latest round of talks was held in Austria’s capital, Vienna, in early Aug, after a five-month hiatus. On Aug 8, the EU put forward a “final text” of the draft on reviving the nuclear deal.– NNN-IRNA
