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Biden will reenter Iran nuclear deal unconditionally: Italian international relations expert

Thursday, 19 November 2020 9:47 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 19 November 2020 10:12 PM ]

Nathalie Tocci

An Italian political scientist and international relations expert believes that Joe Biden will stick to his commitment to reenter the Iran nuclear deal “and do so unconditionally.”

Nathalie Tocci, who was a special adviser to former European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday, when asked whether Biden would change the US foreign policy on Iran and rejoin the he Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) unconditionally?

“Yes, I believe that Biden will stick to his commitment to reenter the JCPOA and do so unconditionally. However, the US’s return to compliance will not be unconditional but will depend on Iranian steps returning to full compliance. In other words, I expect a clean and unconditional return but a conditional step by step compliance for compliance process,” stated Tocci, who has served as the Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali.

The administration of Republican President Donald Trump has unleashed the so-called maximum pressure campaign and targeted the Iranian nation with the “toughest ever” sanctions.

A critic of Trump’s, the projected winner of the 2020 election, Biden, has said he would return the United States to the Iran nuclear deal as a starting point for follow-on negotiations.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed the Islamic Republic's readiness to hold talks on new issues with the US, but said that the country will never renegotiate an issue it has already concluded through negotiations.

Zarif made the remarks in response to Trump, who has been insisting that Iran should give up the 2015 nuclear deal it clinched under the Obama administration with six world powers, and conclude a new agreement with the Trump administration.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the new US administration would need to switch from a posture of threats against Iran to one of seeking opportunities with the country.

Will Biden change US foreign policy on Iran?

It would be impossible for the Joe Biden administration to return to the Iranian nuclear deal unconditionally, British author and peace researcher Dan Smith says.

Speaking at a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Rouhani said the incoming US administration would return to a situation in which rules are respected.

“With the situation that has been brought about, we will in the future be moving from an atmosphere of threats created by this rogue [US] administration to one of opportunity,” he said.

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