Sputnik - Six months after Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Washington is proposing to sign a new agreement with Tehran.




The US is ready to�give �a whole lot� to�sign a new treaty with�Iran that would take into�account all of�Washington�s concerns, including Tehran�s missile program, the US Special Representative for�Iran Brian Hook said.

It is not the first time that Washington has invited Iran to�conclude a new treaty since�it walked out�of the 2015 nuclear deal with�Tehran.

Tehran insists that it won�t ink a new agreement with�the US after�Washington�s mistake of�withdrawing from�the Joint Comprehensive Plan of�Action (JCPOA).

In his address to�the 73rd session of�the UN General Assembly in�September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran would agree to�negotiate with�the US but�only if Washington changed its attitude towards�the Islamic Republic.

In an interview with�Sputnik Persian, Iranian political observer Ali Reza Rezakhah and a Tehran University expert in�US affairs, Mohammad Marandi, spoke about�the terms on�which Tehran would be ready to�sign a new accord with�Washington.

According to�Dr. Rezakhah, signing a new a new agreement with�the US made no sense as�Washington�s departure from�the JCPOA showed everyone that it can�t be trusted.
�Statements alone are not enough, because the US has repeatedly declared its intention of�concluding a new treaty with�Iran. Singing a new treaty with�the United States makes no sense. This is logical too because one can conclude a new agreement only with�someone who fulfills his obligations. This means that we need to�be confident about�what the United States is saying,� Reza Rezakhah said.


He added that there weren�t any guarantees that the US would fulfill its obligations under�a new treaty.

�It unilaterally withdrew from�the JCPOA treaty, violating all its international obligations. Neither Iran nor any other country can agree to�sign a treaty with�the United States, since�they (the United States) do not honor their obligations. When speaking at�the UN General Assembly, President Hassan Rouhani stated that Iran is ready to�negotiate, provided that the United States takes the first step by�adhering to�the JCPOA.�

Mohammad Marandi flatly ruled out�any new agreement with�the US.

�It will not happen. Iran will not sign a new agreement with�the United States or re-negotiate with�it. With the JCPOA in�place, what new agreement can we talk about? If the Americans do not understand this, then they know the Iranians even worse than�we could have imagined.�

According to�him, by�violating the JCPOA the US proved that it can�t live up�to its commitments.
�Tomorrow we will conclude an agreement with�the United States, and they will walk out�of it again. This defies logic,� Dr. Marandi argued.


�Even if Iran agrees to�negotiate (a new agreement), the United States will take this as�a sign of�its pressure having worked and will ramp it up�even more,� Marandi continued.

Iran would agree to�negotiate with�the US only if Washington returns to�the JCPOA and negotiates within�its framework,� Mohammad Marandi concluded.

In May, President Donald Trump said he was withdrawing the US from�the 2015 nuclear agreement with�Tehran and promised to�impose the �highest level� of�sanctions on�the country�s energy petrochemical and financial sectors despite�objections from�Europe as�well as�Russia and China�� the other parties to�the deal, known as�the Joint Comprehensive Plan of�Action (JCPOA).

Washington has also warned countries to�stop buying Iranian oil starting from�November 4 and threatened to�use sanctions against�those who do not.

The first wave of�US sanctions on�Iran took effect on�August 6, targeting the country�s automotive sector, trade in�gold, and other vital metals.

The remaining sanctions will come into�effect on�November 4, targeting Tehran�s energy sector, petroleum-based transactions, and transactions with�Iran�s Central Bank.