The United States offered Iran to refuse to supply drones and spare parts to Russia in exchange for easing sanctions.
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The Financial Times, citing its sources, writes that the issue of the supply of drones was raised during indirect negotiations in Qatar and Oman. At the same time, the parties were negotiating a prisoner exchange, the sources said, as part of efforts to de-escalate bilateral relations as the administration of US President Joe Biden expects to renew the nuclear deal with Iran.
According to the FT, Washington promised not to impose new sanctions against Iran, with the exception of those related to human rights, and also not to enforce sanctions against Iranian oil as strictly.
In turn, Iran, in addition to resolving the issue with drones, will have to abandon uranium enrichment above 60%, improve cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and commit itself not to attack the Americans.
An Iranian official who spoke with the publication said that Tehran is counting on Washington to be able to convince European countries and ease sanctions pressure on the country.
In early August, the US and Iran reached an agreement on a five-for-five prisoner exchange. In addition, under this agreement, Tehran will have access to six billion dollars frozen in the accounts of South Korean banks due to US sanctions.
US authorities imposed sanctions on Iranian energy after the US pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2018. The agreement on Iran’s nuclear program was concluded three years earlier.
On the one hand, the agreement was signed by Iran, on the other hand, by the United States, Russia, China, Great Britain, France and Germany. The document, in particular, established to what limit level Iran can enrich uranium and what stocks of enriched uranium it can store. The parameters were set so that Iran could develop nuclear power but could not develop nuclear weapons. Sanctions were lifted from Iran in exchange for an obligation to comply with the terms of the deal.
The Russian military is actively using Iranian-made Shahed 131/136 drones in the war with Ukraine. recently, it has begun to produce these drones itself, but so far from Iranian components.
Source: Racurs
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