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High-level officials from China, Russia, and Iran convened in Beijing on Friday to call for an end to U.S. sanctions on Tehran over its advancing nuclear program.
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Sanctions Pushback High-level officials from China, Russia, and Iran convened in Beijing on Friday to call for an end to U.S. sanctions on Tehran over its advancing nuclear program.
"[T]he relevant parties should be committed to addressing the root cause of the current situation and abandoning sanction, pressure, or threat of force," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu read from a joint statement, adding that dialogue based on "mutual respect" is the only viable path forward. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi proposed a five-point plan for "the proper settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue." His proposal includes ending sanctions, restarting multinational talks, and using the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as the basis of future negotiations.
The proposal is likely to face U.S. pushback.
President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the 2015 deal during his first term, arguing that it was not restrictive enough on Tehran's nuclear program and that the sanctions relief that it provided was enabling Iran to fund its proxy groups, such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Trump wrote to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week in an effort to jump-start new talks. "There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal," Trump said at the time.
And on Thursday, the Trump...
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