In the discreet frame of Italian diplomacyIran and the United States return to confront each other on the most slippery ground of contemporary geopolitics: the Iranian nuclear program. The Italian capital hosts the second round of talksmediated byOman and facilitated by the Meloni government. And an unexpected but concrete signal arrives from Rome: Tehran is ready for an agreementso long as “logic, rational and respectful of one’s sovereign rights“.
Iran tends his hand, but puts conditions
During his meeting with the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajanithe head of Iranian diplomacy Seyyed Abbas Araghchi he reiterated Iran’s commitment towards one diplomatic solutionhowever, underlining the need for a concrete gesture by Washington: “A real agreement – he said – implies the revocation of cruel and illegal sanctionsand the full recognition of our right to a civil and peaceful nuclear program ».
Araghchi thanked Italy and Oman for the role of impartial facilitatorsjudging “of high strategic value” the choice of Rome as the seat of the dialogue.
Israel under accusation: “Obstacle at a Middle East denuclearized”
The tapered tones reserved to Israeldefined by Araghchi “The only real obstacle to a Middle East without nuclear weapons». The Zionist regime – so he called him – would be committed to “Except insecurity” in the region and to feed a dangerous Iranophobic fiction.
A message also addressed toEuropeinvited to shake off “the imposed stereotypes»And to take a more position autonomous and responsible towards the Islamic Republic.
The role of Italy: more than a simple diplomatic framework
Minister Tajani welcomed the Iranian words with caution and pragmatism. After meeting his homologous of Oman Badr Albusaidi and the general manager ofAIEA Rafael Grossireiterated Italy’s availability a support dialogue in all its phase, also technical.
“These interviews are a concrete opportunity to give impetus to diplomacy and reduce regional tensions – he said – and Italy is ready to do its part, now and in the coming months”. The Italian commitment, moreover, is not only logistical: Rome intends to propose how stable bridge between Iran and the Westwhile strengthening Historical bilateral bonds.
A fragile, but not unrealistic negotiation
THE US-Iran interviewsstarted a Mascate on April 12thmark a new phase compared to the stall following the American exit fromNuclear agreement of 2015 (JCPOA). But the architecture of this new dialogue remains fragileexposed to the crossed pressures of Tel Aviv, the electoral winds in the United States and the internal dynamics of Tehran.
There Italian bet is that a context of “neutral but credible” dialogue can facilitate courageous decisionscapable of bringing negotiations out of the permanent emergency logic.