Now is the best time to make a deal in Vienna: Expert
An expert on international relations believes that now is the best and the only opportunity for Iran to reach a deal with the west because there is no guarantee that the developments in the region and the West will not make the situation more difficult for Iran.
Responding to a question about the effect of Russia and the Ukraine war on the Vienna talks, Ali Nasri said in an exclusive interview with ILNA that Russia plays a role in Iran’s international position to the same extent that Tehran permits.
He also said that our national interests and political independence require that “we should not go to the negotiating table with the levers of power that Russia wants to possibly create in the case of Ukraine, nor do we try to enter the well of Russian sanctions with the Western rope.”
He pointed out that certainly now is the best and the only opportunity for Iran to reach a deal with the west, adding that there is no guarantee that the regional and transregional developments, or even the U.S. internal policies and other western countries don’t make the situation for our diplomats more difficult.