An Iranian expert on international affairs believes that it is impossible for the United States to make Iran passive through making a perceptual error, and that the United States should pay more to return to ...
In an interview with "Rouydad", Massoud Barati stated that we are currently witnessing some kind of initial assessment in the negotiations; “Considering the new negotiating team from Iran, the parties will put their maximum demands on the table so that they would achieve a base to continue the talks.”
“Seemingly the probability of reaching this agreement point is more than the failure of the negotiations.”
Barati, meanwhile, said it was too early to analyze the positions of the negotiating parties; “The existing disagreements were quite predictable and in no way unexpected.”
According to this political expert, the positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran are strong in this round of negotiations since this time, we take the clear experience of the past years into account. Therefore, what has been emphasized by Iran has strong support, and naturally, the other side can’t easily ask for excessive privileges.”
Asked whether Iran set a deadline for reaching an agreement, he said; “First and foremost, it should be noted that the US unilateral withdrawal of the JCPOA was not limited to the time of Trump’s presidency, and actually Obama took the same way.”
“Until last year, Iran fulfilled most of its monitoring and inspection commitments, and since fulfilling those commitments is one-sided, the passage of time will be to the detriment of the other side,” Barati reminded.
He believes the US sanctions against Iran have been ineffective and may even be laughed at.
Also, discussing military sanctions after the assassination of Martyr Soleimani, the United States will not look for a serious option, and their threats are merely a means of creating panic.
Barati mentioned that through creating a perceptual error and empty threats, the United States intends to make Iran passive in the negotiations; “Among previous negotiators, some thought that a disagreement would reduce Iran's oil sales to zero and under such circumstances, we would be willing to give more concessions to the Americans. Thus the United States is trying to re-perform the same plan today.
By Azadeh Khajeh Nasiri
