Iranian President announces Tehran’s readiness to resume nuclear negotiations

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced on Monday his country’s readiness to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington to “resolve doubts and allegations.” During a phone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, Pezeshkian told the French president that Tehran wants guarantees that its nuclear facilities will not be subjected to any new attacks, noting that “Iran’s principled policy is to avoid any war and resolve issues through diplomacy and dialogue.”

Regarding Iran’s decision to halt cooperation with the IAEA, Pezeshkian noted that “the IAEA’s double standards have caused many problems for regional and global security,” he said.

He added that “suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency is a natural reaction to the actions of its director,” noting that he “did not deal fairly with the Iranian nuclear issue,” as he put it.

In contrast, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he had sent messages to his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, during a phone call, emphasizing a return to the negotiating table to address issues related to ballistic missiles and the nuclear program, as well as the resumption of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s work in Iran.

On Friday, Macron warned that the “worst-case scenario” following the “real effectiveness” of the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear program would be Tehran’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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