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Vienna. The tension in front of the Coburg Palace was literally tangible. Here in downtown Vienna, the veto powers of the UN and Germany negotiated the historic nuclear deal with Iran almost exactly three years ago and Friday morning, it was possible that the same treaty disappeared in the same place. US President Donald Trump announced that he had abandoned the contract and Iran has filed a request to hold a new meeting in Vienna. With the exception of British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, who had his own Brexit crisis in the UK, the original negotiators, less the United States, accepted the invitation [1965-19002]. Morning Chairman Federica Mogherini, head of the EU's foreign policy. Mogherini's one-on-one talks with Lavrov and the Iranian negotiator, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, served as preparations for the wider round of talks. In the days leading up to the meeting, Tehran urged a solution and constantly threatened to end the agreement. This, in turn, the interlocutors did not say. "You must stop the threats so that we can find economic compensation solutions for Iran," demanded French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian shortly before leaving for Vienna.
Declaration of War in the United States
Mogherini, Lavrov, Le Drian, German Heiko Maas, Zarif, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and British Representative Alistair Burt, have at least pleaded for the agreement with Iran. The result of the three-hour conversation was also: The talks are going on. Iran's partners noted positively that the Islamic Republic has so far adhered to the agreements. Thus, uranium stocks have been reduced. And in the future, the controversial modernization of the Arak heavy water reactor will be overseen by the British.
The interesting points of Mogherini's final statement are however two subordinate clauses that sound like a challenge to the United States: the export of oil, gas and other raw materials Iran is always welcome. So also economic investments in Iran. The ultimate goal of Trump was to stop the flow of money to Iran and reduce oil exports to zero. He sees the contract, which was later negotiated by US Secretary of State John Kerry, as too weak. Since the month of August, the United States also want to punish foreign companies that continue to do business with Iran.
Shortly after this announcement from Washington, European companies withdrew from Iran. And because in any case Tehran is facing an economic crisis, it is now waiting for promises impermeable to new negotiations.
Maas lowers expectations
Three years ago, after the agreement was reached, all parties were still waiting for a boom between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. However, this was lacking, on the contrary fought the Islamic Republic with price increases, which led to several waves of protest. Iran's desire is therefore that the remaining partners to replace all the economic cuts after the exit of the United States, so that the recovery eventually installs. But Zarif can not promise it to anyone. Even before his entry into Coburg Palace, German Foreign Minister Maas reduced expectations: "We will not be able to compensate for everything." And he advised Iran to give up the fight. agree recklessly. Because it would hurt the hard-hit country even more.
French circles, it is said that it could probably happen in November to an agreement on the new talks. As of November 4, Washington wants to start punishing countries that buy raw materials from Iran.
IN BRIEF
Iran speaks. In May, US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the Iranian nuclear deal. For the first time since the resignation Friday in Vienna, the negotiating partners are left without the United States: the foreign ministers of Russia, France, Iran, China, the Germany and British representative Alistair Burt want to save the deal. Washington, meanwhile, provides for extensive sanctions against Iran as well as countries or companies that want to continue doing business with the Islamic Republic
("Die Presse", print edition, 07.07.2018)
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