Borrell transfers to Tehran the unity of the EU in its rejection of the repression in Iran

Requests “urgent” cooperation with the IAEA to resume the nuclear agreement

BRUSSELS, Nov. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, has transferred in a telephone call to the Iranian Foreign Minister, Hosein Amir Abdolahian, the unit of the Twenty-seven in rejecting the violent repression of the demonstrations in Iran.

When 50 days of protests have passed in Iran after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini for allegedly wearing the veil incorrectly, the head of European diplomacy has stressed that Europe remains “united” in condemning the authorities’ response against the protests, active since September in different parts of Iran.

A few weeks ago, the European bloc approved sanctions in the face of the wave of repression in Iran, adding 11 people and four entities, including the head of the Morale Police, Mohamed Rostami, to its ‘black list’.

For its part, Iran has responded to the sanctions with its own measures against European politicians and the media that promote human rights in the country. During the conversation, Abdolahian, who has again attributed the demonstrations to violent groups, warned that the “tough stance” of some European leaders has also generated violence in Europe and paved the way for threats to security in Europe, according to reports the IRNA agency.

NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

Regarding the negotiations to resume the nuclear agreement with Iran, talks that have been going on for 17 months without an agreement in sight to guarantee Tehran’s compliance and get the United States to return to the pact signed in 2015, Borrell reiterated the “urgent need “for Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

In this sense, the Iranian Foreign Minister has defended Tehran’s “constructive” will to reactivate the nuclear agreement and said that Iran is ready to reach a “good, strong and lasting” agreement.

Despite the fact that the EU insists on separating the sanctions from the negotiations for the nuclear agreement, the truth is that the harsher tone of Brussels against Tehran with two rounds of almost immediate sanctions, against those responsible for the repression of the demonstrations and for the military aid from Iran to Russia in the context of the war in Ukraine, have cooled the options of closing an agreement on the pact that seemed close during the summer.