Abbas Araghchi: Today, good discussions were held, good viewpoints were raised, and it was decided to continue. If this trend continues, in my opinion, we will reach a good framework for an agreement.
Kabul 24: Apart from the above general and cautious statement, almost nothing has leaked out about the flow of today’s negotiations in Oman. With the continued mysterious silence of American officials, one can take seriously the assumption that the negotiation process has not made much progress and has lacked tangible results. An assumption that the Wall Street Journal report also confirms.
This newspaper says that Iran has not agreed to back down from its positions on enrichment and has not consented to the transfer of uranium stockpiles.In all likelihood, this news is correct and aligns with Iran’s negotiating strategy.
Tehran considers the nuclear file as the defensive embankment of the missile file, and if it ever makes a concession in this regard, it will not do so at the outset.This means that regional mediators, to bring the parties closer, have proposed a step-by-step agenda: first nuclear, second missile, and …With this in mind, Iran’s tactic is logical, but it does not align with the critical regional situation and the urgency of negotiation and agreement.
Especially since Trump’s impatience and lack of tolerance for negotiation marathons is well known, and it practically clashes with Iran’s time-buying strategy.The announcement of new sanctions against Iran while the political delegations have not yet left the negotiation venue points to this meaning.
The unexpected presence of the CENTCOM commander in the session naturally has little compatibility with a long diplomatic process and a technical agenda with millimeter-by-millimeter progress like the JCPOA.Based on this, if no extraordinary event occurs, there is not much possibility for the success of a political solution.The reference is to Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who, due to habit and perhaps caution, adds the word “good” to his diplomatic responses.
It is worth mentioning that Andrei Gromyko, who was the foreign minister of the Soviet Union for forty years and essentially the spokesperson of the former Eastern Bloc, was known in Western circles as “Mr. No.”A combination of stubbornness and toughness with an ideological mind, composure, and personal coldness made him deserving of this nickname.
Moreover, unlike his Western counterparts who had diverse political views and sometimes worldviews different from their governments, he was merely a party apparatchik and a pure spokesperson.
Salahuddin Khadiv
