{"id":47079,"date":"2021-12-01T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T08:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47079"},"modified":"2021-12-01T08:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T08:27:02","slug":"iraqs-wasta-system-favors-lucky-few-frustrates-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47079","title":{"rendered":"Iraq\u2019s \u2018wasta\u2019 system favors lucky few, frustrates many"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nPARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, to return to fulfilling Tehran\u2019s obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal \u201cwithout delay,\u201d Macron\u2019s office said, as negotiators seek to revive the accord through talks in Vienna.<\/p>\n

During telephone conversations on Monday, Macron urged Raisi to engage in a \u201cconstructive manner\u201d with the talks, which resumed this week after a suspension of almost half a year following the election of the hardliner to the Iranian presidency.<\/p>\n

European powers are seeking to revive the nuclear deal, more formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. It has been moribund since the US withdrew from the agreement in 2018, prompting Tehran to ramp up nuclear activities as Washington reimposed sanctions.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s objective is \u201cto see Iran return to full respect for all of its commitments under the JCPOA and that the United States returns to the agreement,\u201d the French presidency said.<\/p>\n

Macron also \u201cunderscored the need for Iran to engage constructively in this direction so that the exchanges allow a swift return to the agreement,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran must return without delay to compliance with all its commitments and obligations \u2026 and quickly resume cooperation that allows the (UN atomic energy) agency to fully carry out its mission,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri, adopted a hard-line approach after just one day of the resumed talks, suggesting that everything discussed during previous rounds of diplomacy could be renegotiated.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Iranian state television, he described all that has been discussed so far as merely a \u201cdraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cDrafts are subject to negotiation. Therefore nothing is agreed on unless everything has been agreed on.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn that basis, all discussions that took place in the (previous) six rounds (of talks) are summarized and are subject to negotiations. This was admitted by all parties in today\u2019s meeting as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bagheri\u2019s remarks directly contradicted comments on Monday by EU diplomat Enrique Mora, who is leading the talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranian delegation represents a new administration in Tehran with new, understandable political sensibilities, but they have accepted that the work done over the six first rounds is a good basis to build our work ahead, so no point in going back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Another state TV report highlighted Bagheri in Vienna saying that Iran demands a \u201cguarantee by America not to impose new sanctions\u201d or reimpose previously lifted sanctions.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Eslami, Iran\u2019s civilian nuclear chief, reiterated this demand in comments to Iran\u2019s official IRNA news agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe talks (in Vienna) are about the return of the US to the deal and they have to lift all sanctions and this should be in practice and verifiable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Raisi\u2019s office said that he urged Macron \u201cto strive with other parties in Vienna to conclude the negotiations and lift the sanctions against Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raisi said: \u201cSending a full team to the talks shows Iran\u2019s serious will in these talks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to the US, he added: \u201cThose who have started to violate the nuclear deal must gain the confidence of the other party for the negotiations to proceed in a real and fruitful manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, to return to fulfilling Tehran\u2019s obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal \u201cwithout delay,\u201d Macron\u2019s office said, as negotiators seek to revive the accord through talks in Vienna.During telephone conversations on Monday, Macron urged Raisi to engage in a \u201cconstructive manner\u201d with the talks,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}