[size=32]"Meeting and punishment" ... What happened between Trump and Zarif?
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As tensions between Washington and Tehran escalate, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received an unexpected invitation to meet US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office earlier this month, according to US and Iranian sources and a senior diplomat who spoke to the New Yorker magazine.
Sources said that "the diplomatic offer was made by the Republican senator Rand Paul during his meeting with Zarif in New York on July 15," confirmed by two Iranian government sources, as he confirmed the validity of reports on the invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Zarif to the White House .
The details of the meeting came a few days after the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Zarif.
Senator Paul Paul and a mediator
with the blessing of President Trump, Paul has been working for several weeks in consultation with the White House and the State Department. The sources told the American magazine on Saturday details of the invitation he arranged three weeks before Zarif's visit to New York A mediator continued with the Iranians on behalf of Paul.
with the blessing of President Trump, Paul has been working for several weeks in consultation with the White House and the State Department. The sources told the American magazine on Saturday details of the invitation he arranged three weeks before Zarif's visit to New York A mediator continued with the Iranians on behalf of Paul.
"On July 15, Paul and his senior adviser Doug Stafford Zarif met at the residence of the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations on Fifth Avenue Avenue, a block from the Metropolitan Museum," said Robin Wright, a senior New Yorker columnist.
During decades of his diplomatic career, Zarif, who studied at the University of Denver, established his relations with a number of House and Senate members. "I always meet people from Congress," the Iranian foreign minister told a small group of reporters during his visit to New York, without specifying names.
But this was his first meeting with Paul, who works for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to the sources, who spoke to Wright, "the two men initially talked about protracted issues, particularly Tehran's nuclear program, and recent incidents in the Persian Gulf."
In May and June, the United States accused Iran of sabotaging six oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. On June 20, Tehran dropped one of the most sophisticated US aircraft, claiming it was flying over Iranian airspace. Trump then turned to military revenge, but canceled an air strike at the last moment, due to the expected losses.
While Zarif was in New York, the United States dropped an unmanned Iranian aircraft on July 18. As tensions escalated, there was concern in Washington about a possible new war in the Middle East.
In the meantime, Paul's mission was to launch a direct diplomatic channel at the highest level. The beginning was a miniature version of Pyongyang's tactic of circumventing traditional diplomacy by dealing directly with the North Korean leadership.
Additional Protocol
During an hour-long conversation, Zarif gave Paul ideas on how to end the nuclear impasse and address the concerns of Trump.
During an hour-long conversation, Zarif gave Paul ideas on how to end the nuclear impasse and address the concerns of Trump.
The Iranian foreign minister later shared some of these ideas with journalists, including that "the Iranian parliament can legalize a fatwa issued by the supreme leader of Iran in 2003 and again in 2010, which prohibits the production or use of nuclear weapons." "We consider the use of these weapons as haraam, and we believe it is the duty of everyone to make efforts to secure humanity from this great disaster," said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
But Zarif added, "If Trump wants more, he will have to do more," the Iranian foreign minister said. "Going forward with one of the steps following the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the six world powers in 2015, which was abandoned by Trump In May 2018 ".
"Tehran can provide ratification of the so-called Additional Protocol, which has already been signed and ratified by 146 countries, which is due to be implemented by 2023," the official said.
The Protocol allows for more intrusive international inspections of declared and undeclared nuclear sites of Member States.
"The Additional Protocol is a crucial means by which the world can realize that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons," said Darrell Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association. "If you do not trust the Iranians, you want to conduct inspections forever."
Iran rejects the invitation
In return, Zarif suggested that "Trump go to Congress and lift sanctions on Iran, as originally stipulated under the nuclear agreement of 2015. Then the two sides will feel more secure in the obligations required by the Basic Agreement."
In return, Zarif suggested that "Trump go to Congress and lift sanctions on Iran, as originally stipulated under the nuclear agreement of 2015. Then the two sides will feel more secure in the obligations required by the Basic Agreement."
For his part, Paul suggested that "the Iranian diplomat presents the same ideas to the American president personally."
"The president has given him an invitation to meet in the Oval Office," the senator said. But Zarif replied: "The decision to meet Trump in the Oval Office is not his decision, and he has to consult with Tehran."
The Iranian official also expressed "concern that any meeting may end up not more than a photograph, without any substance." "We're not just talking about a photo opportunity and a two-page document. We already have a document of one hundred and fifty pages, "in reference to the detailed nuclear agreement abandoned by Trump.
According to the sources, who spoke to the American magazine, after meeting with Paul, Zarif conveyed the offer to Iran's leaders, who in turn refused to hold a meeting at the time.
However, Iranian President Hassan Rowhani is due to attend the UN General Assembly next December, allowing for a higher level of meeting between the two presidents.
Tramb Zarif was punished
on July 31, and with no progress on the horizon, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Zarif because of his association with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, which in April classified a foreign terrorist organization as "Minister of Propaganda, External ", according to the American description, suggesting that the US step was a punishment for Zarif's refusal to invite Trump.
on July 31, and with no progress on the horizon, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Zarif because of his association with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, which in April classified a foreign terrorist organization as "Minister of Propaganda, External ", according to the American description, suggesting that the US step was a punishment for Zarif's refusal to invite Trump.
Secretary of the Iranian National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said that "the imposition of sanctions on Zarif came after the rejection of Trump's proposal to meet directly with him."
For his part, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei criticized "the imposition of sanctions on the Iranian minister after meeting with an American sheikh and inviting him to meet in the United States."
Technically, sanctions mean that the United States can seize any private property within the United States, prevent it from entering American territory, and impose sanctions on any person, company or financial institution that deals with it.
In practice, this move may have limited impact. Under the Charter of the United Nations, the United States is obliged, as host State, to allow the travel of diplomats who do business in the world body.
"We believe that all diplomatic channels should remain open, especially in light of the current situation of escalating tensions," the French Foreign Ministry said on its Twitter account.
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