The WSJ has learned about Iran's rejection of key US demands for a nuclear deal

The Iranian side rejected the key demands of the United States on the nuclear deal. This was reported on February 26 by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

"The last round of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program ended <...> without reaching an agreement, and both sides are still far from agreeing on key issues," the article says.

According to the newspaper, the American side demanded the elimination of three Tehran nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, as well as the transfer of a stockpile of enriched uranium to the United States. However, Iran rejected these conditions.

In turn, the Fars News Agency, referring to the words of the head of the Information policy Council of the Iranian presidential administration, Elyas Khazrati, reported on the Telegram channel that the picture created by The Wall Street Journal does not reflect the real course of negotiations. The agency writes that uranium enrichment will continue and nothing will leave Iran.

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The third round of indirect Iranian-American negotiations on the nuclear dossier started on February 26 with the mediation of Oman in Geneva. The Iranian delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Abbas Araqchi, and the American delegation was led by the special envoy of the head of the White House, Stephen Witkoff.

On the same day, Iran's former Deputy Vice President for Strategic Affairs, Hassan Karimi, noted that Iran had offered the United States a temporary freeze on uranium enrichment as part of the Geneva nuclear talks.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on February 19 that Russia sees an "unprecedented escalation" around Iran and hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict with the United States.

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