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Iran says there is no negotiation between Tehran and Washington outside the nuclear issue, but US officials have requested talks over the case of one or two prisoners in the Islamic Republic.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\"As in the past, we have no mandate for dialog with America outside the JCPOA issue,\" Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said in Tehran Monday, citing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.\u00a0
\n\u00a0The JCPOA refers to the nuclear accord which Iran reached with the US as well as France, Germany, Italy, Russia and China in 2015.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nThe accord saw Iran and the US hold high-level diplomatic parleys for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution but those exchanges did not go beyond the purview of the nuclear issue.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nQassemi said, \"Thus far, we have maintained the principle of no negotiations with America in the spheres beyond the JCPOA and continue with that.\"
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\n\"However, some dialog was held with the previous American government on humanitarian grounds about Iranian prisoners in the US, which had positive results,\" the spokesman added.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\"Under this administration, the American side has apparently brought up the issue of one or two individuals held in Iranian prisons,\" according to Qassemi.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u201cIn principle, we do not engage in any other talks with the US, and subject matters have to do with the JCPOA,\u201d he noted.
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Iran complaint about US <\/strong>
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\nThe spokesman said Iran had complained to the JCPOA Joint Commission, which monitors the deal\u2019s implementation, during the panel's latest gathering in Vienna on April 25 about the United States reneging on its commitments.
\n\u00a0Since the conclusion of the accord, the US has refused to properly deploy the guarantees required to ensure European and other financial institutions against punitive American measures, should they seek to restore their transactions with Iran to the pre-sanctions level. Washington has just served the institutions with verbal \u201cassurance.\u201d
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\nEver since his January inauguration, US President Donald Trump has adopted a harsh position against the deal, at times threatening to \u201ctear up\u201d the accord.
\n\u00a0Qassemi said the Iranian delegation had also told the commission about Trump\u2019s remarks and positions, which had to some extent affected the monetary and financial aspects of post-sanctions transactions.
\n\u00a0The commission, he said, had thanked Iran for staying true to its obligations under the deal.
\n\u00a0Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Helga Schmid noted in the gathering\u2019s final statement that Washington had to honor its contractual commitments, Qassemi said. All agreed that the agreement has to remain in force, he stated.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2017-05-02 10:24:44","content_date_finish":"2017-05-02 10:24:44","content_date_register":"2017-05-02 10:25:54","content_date_last_edit":"2017-05-02 10:25:54","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3125347568","attach_date_register":"2017-05-02 10:25:50","attach_id":"1886","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"650","attach_img_height":"366","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"2407","visit_date_last":"2024-11-24 06:15:49","attach_title":"No talks with US outside nuclear accord 2","node_title":"Important,News","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":125, \"left\":62, \"right\":63}]","node_number":"2","allowable_node":"2"}]]