Envoy Says U.S. Not Interested in Return to JCPOA
WASHINGTON (Dispatches) – The U.S. says Washington intends to focus on “Tehran’s arms deliveries to Russia” and riots in Iran instead of resuming talks on Washington’s return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“Iran is not interested in a deal and we’re focused on other things,” U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley claimed in an interview with Bloomberg.
“Right now we can make a difference in trying to deter and disrupt the provision of weapons to Russia and trying to support the fundamental aspirations of the Iranian people,” he added in mendacious remarks.
Iranian officials have rejected claims of Tehran’s arms shipment to Russia to be used in the ongoing war with Ukraine. They say such allegations are basically aimed at legitimizing the West’s military assistance to Kiev.
Malley said while the U.S. doubts Tehran’s interest in renewing the nuclear deal, ineraction between the EU and Iran continues and negotiations have not been formally suspended.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian has said the Americans are sending messages, stressing that they are “in hurry” to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, while “hypocritically” hoodwinking the Western media that the accord is not a priority for them currently.