Iran blames Europe for failing to implement a mechanism to ease sanctions.
Iran has blamed European countries for the delay in implementing a payment mechanism that would ease US sanctions against the Islamic Republic; the European Union (EU) suggested this payment channel with the intention of saving a nuclear agreement signed in 2015 by Tehran with six world nuclear powers.
247, with Prensa Latina - Iran has blamed European countries for the delay in implementing a payment mechanism that would ease US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi criticized the delay, warning that Tehran cannot wait forever.
The European Union (EU) suggested this payment channel with the intention of saving a nuclear agreement signed in 2015 by Tehran with six world nuclear powers. The United States unilaterally withdrew from the agreement and reinstated sanctions against Iran.
Despite having made the proposal, Europe is responsible for the fact that it is not being implemented.
Iran, for its part, is honoring the nuclear agreement, but its foreign ministry warns that the country's patience is running out.
In Qasemi's opinion, the main obstacles to implementing the proposal are the dominance of the dollar in the European financial system and the economic interconnectedness between Europe and the United States.
The EU, including the three signatories of the nuclear agreement (Germany, the United Kingdom, and France), is held hostage by the US economy, he added, but these countries should react and adopt an independent decision to preserve their sovereignty.
The payment channel would function as a barter system where Iranian exports would be offset against purchases of goods from the EU.