ADVERTISEMENTFriday, all political observers had their eyes turned towards Switzerland, towards Geneva. Indeed, Discussions with Iran took place there at the Intercontinental hotel. The diplomatic initiative was taken by the German Minister of Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul (CDU).
In the company of France, Great Britain and the EU representative for foreign affairs Kaja Kallas, Wadephul negotiated for four hours with the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Regarding nuclear programs.
Wadephul’s mission: responding to concerns about nuclear armaments with a new nuclear deal, in order toinscribe in the Iran-Israel war. Before the meeting, Wadephul demanded from Iran a “Serious will” as well as a desire to give up “All of nuclear material enrichment”. He clearly said: “The ball is now in Iran’s camp” !
As Euronews learned, Germany led discussions in confidential agreement with Israel as well as the United States. But the representatives of the two countries did not sit at the table.
Shortly before, Iran has raised little hope in matters of diplomacy.
“There is no room for negotiations with us as long as the Israeli assault has not stopped”, said Araghchi. L‘Iranian ambassador to the UNA Ali Bahreini to Declaré to Euronews that Iran would present in Geneva “points” that show “The failure of Europe” in the conflict. Europe should stop supporting Israel, he demanded.
A huge pressure on Tehran before talks
Before the meeting, the pressure on Tehran increased. After the recent Iranian missile attacks, the Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said: “A dictator like Khamenei, who is at the head of a country like Iran and who has made the destruction of Israel his mission, should not continue to exist”.
At the same time, Israel said that he would also be able to militarily destroy deeply concreted installations without the United States. It is in one of these bunkers that the Iranian supreme guide is located, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Interrupted negotiations
After four hours of negotiations, the CDU Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wadphul, said: “The good result today is that we leave the room with the impression that the Iranian part is in principle ready to continue to discuss all important questions.” He added that it was important that the United States participated in the continuation of negotiations and in search of a solution.
This means that there is no progress that Wadephul can announce publicly. The Geneva meeting therefore remains without result.
The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs also stressed with a lot of restraint after the Geneva meeting: “We support the continuation of discussions with the three European countries and the European Union”. Then Araghchi announced a freeze on negotiations: “As long as Israel’s attacks continue, we will not negotiate with any part”.
The political observer Carsten Ovens, head of European leadership network (ELNET), draws his conclusion in an interview with Euronews : “The efforts of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Wadephul are important. But Iran obviously did not want to achieve a result.”
Has Iran “played” with the West in Geneva?
Ovens clearly says it: “Discussions in Geneva clearly show that Iran plays with the West and wants to save time!”
Despite a decade of diplomatic efforts, Iran “Persists in his desire to develop offensive weapons to destroy the State of Israel,” he decrypts. “The diplomatic efforts of the last ten years are thus devalued”.
Concretely, the mullah regime “has repeatedly circumvented the 2015 nuclear agreement and has continued to develop its nuclear capacities, as is its ballistic missile program”, According to the expert in the Middle East.
“Maintaining the nuclear agreement by the EU was an error”.
German-Iranian politician FDP Bijan Djir-Sarai explained to Euronews that negotiations were doomed to failure from the start. “Without the United States and Israel, EU negotiations are not relevant”, said the head of foreign policy.
We can no longer bet onOld strategies Like nuclear contracts with the Islamist Mollahs regime. A change in political mentality must take place. Djir-Sarai believes that “Maintaining the EU in the nuclear agreement was a mistake. A new strategy in relations with the regime is necessary.”
Ovens: “Iran threatens the region and also Europe”.
The head of the European Leadership Network is convinced that Iran will not stop increasing its nuclear capacities. Ovens warns: “An Iran with nuclear weapons represents an immediate and existential threat to the region as well as for Europe”.
He is not “Not clear, and perhaps not decisive, how far Iran is far from having military uranium”. More “Faced with the potential threat of such a powerful offensive weapon, Israel can no longer afford to wait. Today’s discussion has once again demonstrated it”continues Ovens.
Disagreement on Wadephul’s mission in Iran within the CDU
For some political observers, the German initiative to start discussions with Iran was a surprise. Indeed, a few days ago, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) said in very lively terms that Israel, acting militarily against the mullahs regime, would do the “Dirty job” For everyone. “Otherwise, we may have continued to see the terror of this diet for months and years, and perhaps even with a nuclear weapon in the hands”, said Merz.
Thursday, Merz then said: “I support the intensive efforts of the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Wadephul”. He called on Iran to negotiate “Quickly an agreement”. “We want to make our diplomatic contribution to it”.
Wadephul’s mission in Iran has also aroused irritation in the own ranks of the CDU/CSU.
Indeed, the CDU and the CSU are divided on the opportunity to negotiate with Iran on its nuclear programs. Many who, within the CDU, start from the principle that despite the official agreements, theIran continues to build nuclear weapons in underground installations. Even more: many members of the Union consider the nuclear agreement with mullahs as “fair”.
Le Deputy Cduulser’s pebutheneths and Critiqué auc. The Phoenix : “What should we negotiate? The mullahs regime has the destruction of Israel as a state doctrine and continues to build the atomic bomb”. Instead of negotiating on nuclear, it would be necessary “Politically support” Israel’s approach.
Norbert Röttgen, head of CDU foreign policy, was also of another opinion. He said: “The leaders of Tehran led Europe through the nose for years. Nuclear negotiations were not a way to a solution, but a means of saving time, putting pressure and obtaining concessions.”
