Iran is ready to resume "fair " negotiations over its disputed nuclear program if the West shows goodwill, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday, hours after three European powers triggered the process to reimpose UN snapback sanctions on Tehran. "Araghchi reaffirmed Iran's readiness to resume fair and balanced diplomatic negotiations, on the condition that the other parties show seriousness and goodwill and avoid actions that harm the chances of success," he said in a letter sent to European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
The Iranian Foreign Minister also said that France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have no legal jurisdiction to trigger automatic re-imposition of sanctions on Iran. In a letter to the EU foreign policy chief, he said any E3 efforts to revive UN Security Council resolutions that were terminated under resolution 2231 are invalid and ineffective.
This came after Britain, France, and Germany launched a 30-day process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a step likely to stoke tensions two months after Israel and the United States bombed Iran. (Read More)
