Ben Rhodes: The United States accepts and agrees the enrichment in Iran

Former US National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes commented in an interview with US media about the current developments in Tehran-Washington’s indirect talks.

Former US official in an interview with MSNBC, in response to a question about what the Iranian and US parties’ statements are inconsistent in indirect Tehran-Washington talks about the process of negotiations to address the issue of Iran’s nuclear program: I think all of them are ready. Israel threatens military action to force the United States or perhaps most Iranians to score Iran. Iran says its red line enrichment is. The United States also explicitly states that it tends to reach an agreement.

The fifth round of the Tehran-Washington negotiations was held in Rome yesterday (June 2nd) with the mediation of Oman.

Iranian Foreign Minister Sayed Abbas Arakchi, after the end of the fifth round of talks, which once again took place with Oman’s mediation, said: Oman’s foreign minister tried to put forward solutions to remove existing barriers and make progress. In this context, ideas were put forward and more expert work was supposed to be done by the two sides on ideas and would be transferred to capitals; Without any obligation for any party for now.

“This round of negotiations has been” one of the most professional periods of negotiations “, adding:” We once again stated the positions and principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the negotiations. ” Our positions are clear and we stand on them. We now think there is a better and more clear understanding of these positions on the American side.

A senior US government official told Reuters: “The talks with Iran were productive and we have made more progress, but we have to do more.”

Reuters also quoted an Iranian source close to the negotiating board as saying: “The Iranian -US negotiations are expected to continue.” Oman will announce the next time and place.

Iran does not accept zero enrichment

“Here are some challenging issues,” Rhodes said in an interview with MSNBC. The first is that they are promoting difficult talks on technical issues quickly and only within a few weeks. If President Trump had not gone out of the agreement in the Barack Obama government, we wouldn’t have been in the situation. But the point is whether the Trump administration is willing to accept Iran’s enrichment capability. If so, they can reach an agreement that will be partly similar to Obama’s agreement (nuclear deal 1).

“But if they emphasize the elimination of any enrichment capabilities, I would be very unlikely that the Iranians will accept it, because they are concerned with the issue of national pride and enrichment in their own territory,” he said.

The conflicting positions of the Trump administration

In the meantime, Rhodes said: “In the meantime, we have been contradictory messages from the Trump administration. They once discussed the transfer of all nuclear materials, once again saying they could enrich the current level. But then they took a more strict position and said that no, we want to completely dismantle enrichment.

Responding to the question of whether there is a point in the negotiations, the former deputy chief of the US National Security Adviser said: “In this regard, we will see messages from the governments of the parties to express optimism about the negotiations.” But I think Iranians sometimes have to pretend they want to leave the negotiating table. Therefore, it will be difficult to understand something of public messages and statements.

“I think what can be hoped for is that the Trump administration is ready to accept a level of enrichment in Iran,” he said. It is then that we can think they are really approaching an agreement.

“I think Israel’s threats may lead Trump to accept something that he doesn’t really want,” Rhodes said. On the other hand, the Gulf states, which Trump recently traveled to, are not seeking another Israeli war in the region, which will take place in the event of an Israeli invasion of Iran’s nuclear facilities. We have to see how flexible they are in the coming days.

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