Iran provides clear conditions for new nuclear agreements with the USA!

Iran provides clear conditions for new nuclear agreements with the USA!

Vienna, Österreich - Iran formulated new conditions for an upcoming nuclear agreement on April 18, 2025. Tehran demands guarantees from the United States that a future contract cannot be terminated unilaterally. The background to this requirement is the exit from former US President Donald Trump from the existing agreement in 2018, which led to a renewed tightening of sanctions towards Iran. Iran denies to want to develop nuclear weapons, but rejects extensive controls of its nuclear facilities, which complicates the negotiations.

On Saturday, the negotiators of the United States and Iran are faced with Rome to discuss the progress in the talks. So far, the meetings in Oman have been described as positive and constructive from both sides. Despite the good sign, Trump threatened military measures if Iran was not willing to make concessions. The views of the nuclear energy in Iran are very delimited. The top guide, Ajatollah Ali Khamenei, has set clear red lines: approval of the reduction of centrifuges for uranium enrichment is excluded, as is negotiations on the country's rocket program. In addition, Iran rejects a reduction in the enriched uranium amount under the level of the 2015 Agreement.

The 2015 agreement and its challenges

The 2015 Agreement, which brought Iran, the USA, Russia, China, Great Britain, France and Germany to a table, provided for the relaxation of international sanctions against Iran, in exchange for concessions in the nuclear program. After the United States exit from the contract, the sanctions were activated again and Iran began to no longer stick to the agreements. These developments raise questions about the progress in the current negotiations.

The nuclear weapons blocking contract (NVV), which Iran signed in 1968 and ratified in 1970, aims to spread nuclear weapons. He obliges non-core weapons states to dispose of nuclear weapons, while the five official nuclear powers, including the United States, commit themselves to disarmament. Compliance with the NVV is monitored by the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO), but the contract contains defects because it contains no effective sanction instruments against breaches of the contract. Critics indicate that the NVV stipulates an inequality between nuclear weapons states and non-atomic weapon states and does not provide any effective mechanisms to prevent the transfer of core weapons technology. In addition, the peaceful use of nuclear energy is often used as an argument for the Iranian nuclear program.

With 191 participating states, 93 of which ratified the NVV, the discussion about nuclear disarmament remains a central topic in international relationships. Against this background, the negotiation situation between the USA and Iran is of crucial importance for the future of global security architecture.

The situation remains tense and the next meeting in Rome could have far -reaching consequences. The ongoing skepticism over the Iranian nuclear program and the political friction between the USA and Iran raise the question of whether a new agreement comes about at all and what conditions are necessary.