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Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent<\/p>\n
Iran’s preconditions give some indication of complexities of talkspublished at 01:24 BST<\/p>\n
01:24 BST<\/p>\n
Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent<\/p>\n
The preconditions raised by the man leading Iran\u2019s delegation \u2013 a ceasefire in Lebanon and the unfreezing of billions of dollars of Iranian assets \u2013 give some indication of the complexities now facing the negotiators.<\/p>\n
The nuclear issue is the biggest, and the oldest, lying at the root of the west\u2019s long-standing concerns about Iran. The regime insists it has never tried to develop a bomb, but since Donald Trump withdrew from a previous, meticulously negotiated nuclear deal, eight years ago, Iran has enriched uranium way beyond what it might need for a civil programme.<\/p>\n
The US wants Iran to hand over what it has \u2013 a problem, as it\u2019s thought to lie under the rubble of a facility near Isfahan \u2013 and commit to never pursuing a nuclear weapon. Iran says its right to enrich is non-negotiable.<\/p>\n
Then the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 not a problem before this war, but now one of Iran\u2019s most potent weapons.<\/p>\n
Having established a choke hold on one of the world\u2019s most important waterways, Iran wants to put in place a whole new set of rules governing maritime traffic, possibly involving the right to inspect shipping, impose tolls or simply deny access.<\/p>\n
That, for much of the world, especially the countries of the Gulf, is a non-starter. The problems don\u2019t stop there. Israel and the United States want to end what they see as Iran\u2019s malign regional influence. Iran wants the complete lifting of all international sanctions and compensation for the damage inflicted over the past month.<\/p>\n
Having been attacked twice in the past year when it thought it was still negotiating, it also wants guarantees that this won\u2019t happen again.<\/p>\n
No-one really thinks any of these issues are going to be resolved in Islamabad. Given how fragile the situation is ahead of the talks, most people will be happy simply to see the ceasefire survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran’s preconditions give some indication of complexities of talkspublished at 01:24 BST 01:24 BST Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-386287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}