Biden keeps Trump's crushing sanctions yet blames Iran for nuclear impasse

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🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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At the Vienna talks on restoring the Iran nuclear deal, the US and EU are accusing Iran of refusing to compromise. Mohammad Marandi, a University of Tehran professor advising the Iran delegation in Vienna, says that the compromise was the nuclear deal itself, and the problem is the US refusal to abide by its own commitments and lift the sanctions that target Iranian civilians. Guest: Mohammad Marandi. Professor at the University of Tehran and adviser to the Iran delegation at talks on restoring the JCPOA in Vienna. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pushback. I'm Aaron Mate.
0:06.1	Joining me is Mohamed Mirandi.
0:08.1	He is a professor at the University of Tehran.
0:11.2	And he is currently in Vienna as an advisor to the Iranian delegation at the talks to restore the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal.
0:20.6	Professor Mirandi, thank you for joining me. Thank you for having me, Aaron. to restore the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal.
0:20.9	Professor Mirandi, thank you for joining me.
0:24.0	Thank you for having me, Aaron.
0:26.4	So as we were speaking, there has been an impasse in the talks.
0:29.9	They're on a bit of a break, but they will likely resume.
0:33.1	And the European delegation is essentially blaming Iran for this.
0:37.1	I want to reach you a statement from a statement put out by Britain, France, and Germany.
0:41.5	They say this, quote, over five months ago, Iran interrupted negotiations, and since then,
0:48.1	Iran has fast-forwarded its nuclear program.
0:51.2	This week, it is backtracked on diplomatic progress made. Iran is breaking with almost all
0:57.1	the difficult compromises crafted in months of tough negotiations and is demanding substantial changes
1:03.7	to the text. And what they go on to say is that basically these changes that Iran is allegedly
1:08.1	demanding undermine the draft agreements that have already
1:11.5	been reached between all parties.
1:13.6	I'm wondering your response to that.
1:15.6	So five months ago, Iran was entering the election cycle.
1:24.6	And when President Ray C was elected, it took a couple of months for him to assume
1:30.7	power. And then he had to introduce his cabinet to parliament for approval when the foreign minister
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