28 Mar 2024
Tuesday 6 March 2018 - 17:46
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What comes after French FM's Iran visit

Forbes | Heshmat Alavi: Mondays Tehran visit by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is startling a wide variety of responses, especially from inside Iran.


Kayhan daily, known as the mouthpiece of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, ran a piece titled French Foreign Minister heading to Tehran with a JCPOA-2 hat, using the acronym for the Iran nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, while describing Paris efforts to impose further setbacks upon Irans regime.

The semi-officialRuydad24website in Iran writes, The JCPOA, ballistic missile program and Irans role in the region are of the most important challenges before Iran, Europe, the United States and Middle East countries.
This is what concerns Tehran the most, being crystal clear the Europeans would never side with Iran over the U.S.


Seeking to raise the stakes prior Le Drians visit, Tehran on Mondayannouncedit enjoys the capability of producing higher enriched uranium within two days if Washingtons abandons ship on the 2015 nuclear deal between.

If America pulls out of the deal ... Iran could resume its 20 percent uranium enrichment in less than 48 hours, Irans Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi toldal-Alam TV.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Le Drian will be merely involved in discussions and there are no negotiations involved. Frances official position says otherwise.

Irans ballistic missile program, with a range of a few thousand kilometers, is definitely non-consistent with United Nations Security Council resolutions and goes beyond Irans need to defend its borders, Le Drian said in an interview with the French dailyLe Journal du Dimanche.

If this dilemma is not resolved directly, Iran will be facing the threat of new sanctions, he added.

France is leading Europe in talks with Iran and it is very likely Le Drian discussed with Irans officials the conditions raised by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The U.S. has asked France to lay Trumps conditions before Iran. European countries have confirmed these conditions, according to the semi-officialsFarsnews agency, said to be linked to Irans Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

In his meeting with Le Drian, Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis remarks vividly displayed Tehrans deep concerns about the JCPOAs future.

The JCPOA is a litmus test for all parties and its dismantling will bring disappointment for everyone, Rouhani said.
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