Iranian nuclear power: researcher Thierry Coville dismantles the American version of the failure of negotiations

Iranian nuclear power: researcher Thierry Coville dismantles the American version of the failure of negotiations

ByMuhammad

Iran specialist Thierry Coville says responsibilities for the failure of negotiations between Tehran and Washington are largely distorted by the dominant American and Israeli narrative. In an interview given to Figarothe IRIS researcher believes that the lifting of sanctions remains the essential condition for any improvement in the Iranian economic situation, but that the Western reading of nuclear discussions is often misleading.

Contrary to the widely disseminated idea according to which Iran had shown intransigence, Thierry Coville affirms that Tehran had formulated proposals. According to the elements that emerged from the negotiations, the Iranian authorities proposed to suspend uranium enrichment until the end of Donald Trump’s mandate, with the possibility then of resuming enrichment limited to 20%, a level well below the military threshold of 90%. The United States, for its part, would have demanded a suspension of enrichment for ten years. A request that Tehran refused, considering that it called into question its right recognized in the 2015 nuclear agreement concluded under Barack Obama, which authorized civilian enrichment.

For Thierry Coville, the presentation of the Iranian refusal as proof of obstruction is a biased reading of the negotiations. “We cannot say either that the Iranians had nothing to offer,” he emphasizes. The researcher also questions Washington’s real desire to reach an agreement. According to him, the American administration quickly abandoned the diplomatic route, under the influence of neoconservative officials and Israeli pressure, convinced that Iran found itself in a position of unprecedented weakness. In this context, Thierry Coville believes that the idea that Tehran deliberately dragged out the discussions is more of a political story than a faithful analysis of the facts.

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