Russia, China and Iran call for ending US sanctions on Iran and resuming nuclear talks

On Friday, representatives of China, Russia and Iran called for the end of US sanctions against Iran because of its rapid nuclear program and re -restarting to multinational talks on this issue.

The conversations are the latest attempt to put it up and come after US President Donald Trump He wrote to the supreme commander of Iran Trying to jump talks.

The message, which was not published, was presented, as Trump imposed new sanctions on Iran as part of his “maximum pressure” campaign, which bears the possibility of taking military measures while emphasizing that he still believes that a new deal can be reached.

The three countries that met on Friday morning “the necessity of ending all illegal sanctions unilaterally,” the Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister of Choko read a joint statement, surrounded by Deputy Foreign Minister Russia Ryabkov Sergivich and Iranian Foreign Minister Casim Garibad.

“The three countries repeated that participation and political and diplomatic dialogue based on the principle of mutual respect is still the only applicable and practical option in this regard,” as he read.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was scheduled to meet with actors later in the day.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khouna Trump, said that he was not interested in talking with the “bullying government”, although Iranian officials made conflicting signals on the possibility of negotiations. Trump sent a message to my crude in 2019 without any clear impact on the increasing tensions.

China and Russia are both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, along with France and Britain, who participated in the 2015 original Iranian first framework agreement alongside Germany and the European Union. Trump’s withdrawal of America from the agreement in 2018He put years of attacks and tensions in the broader Middle East.

China and Russia have close ties in particular with Iran through energy deals Iran supplied Russia with drones In its war against Ukraine.

They are also seen as joint interest in reducing the role of the United States and other liberal democracies in defining global events in favor of their very authoritarian systems.

Iran insists that its nuclear program is peaceful. However, its officials are increasingly threatening to follow up on a nuclear weapon. Iran now raises uranium to levels at the level of nearly 60 % weapons, and it is the only country in the world without a nuclear weapons program to do so.

Under the original nuclear deal for 2015, Iran allowed only uranium to enrich up to 3.67 % purity and maintain uranium stock of 661 pounds. The last report issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency on the Iran program was placed at 18286 pounds, as it enriches a small part of it to 60 % purity.

While Iran has maintained that it will not negotiate under coercion, its economy has been provided due to US sanctions. Protests On the rights of women, the Iranian economy and the democracy rocked its government in recent years.

China has sought to become more involved in Middle East affairs and hosted talks a year ago to restore full diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.