Araqchi explained to reporters at the ‘Martyr Hashemi Nejad’ airport that ‘after five rounds of negotiations, the United States joined the Israeli military attack against Iran. Then, in New York, there was also the possibility of reaching an agreement, but the negotiations did not succeed due to American greed,’ according to Iran’s Tasnim. He added, ‘The Americans communicate with us through intermediaries, and Iran’s position is clear. It believes in peace and diplomacy and has always demonstrated its commitment to peaceful solutions, but this does not mean giving up the rights of the Iranian people.’ He continued, ‘As long as this mindset and bitter experiences in negotiations with America remain, we cannot enter new negotiations.’
Last week, the Iranian Foreign Ministry officially announced the agreement issued in July 2015, which imposed restrictions on its nuclear program. The statement added that ‘the primary aim of including the nuclear file was to ensure the peaceful nature of the nuclear program and prevent its conversion for military purposes, and this goal has been fully achieved,’ pointing out that Iran ‘has adhered to additional commitments within the nuclear agreement while remaining under unjust sanctions,’ and that ‘the three European countries (Britain, Germany, France), the European Union, and the United States, are the ones who breached their commitments.’
The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s statement clarified that ‘the illegal moves by the European troika to reimpose previous Security Council resolutions came as a result of yielding to the United States, which unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in 2018,’ emphasizing that these attempts ‘do not affect the legal arrangements of Resolution 2231, nor its expiration date.’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed in a post on the ‘X’ platform that Security Council Resolution 2231 should be considered expired starting from October 18, meaning the lifting of all restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program. Resolution 2231 was issued on July 20, 2015, within the framework of the (nuclear agreement) to ensure the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program and prevent its diversion for military purposes, setting a 10-year timeframe for implementing the related restrictions and mechanisms.
After the United States withdrew from the agreement in May 2018, the three European countries (Britain, France, Germany) attempted to activate the dispute resolution mechanism (trigger) to reimpose previous Security Council resolutions on Iran, claiming Iran’s ‘non-compliance’ with some commitments, which Iran completely rejected and considered ‘an illegal step with no impact on the expiration of Resolution 2231.’
