Jean-Yves le Drian, French Foreign Minister, speaking to the microphones of Europa 1 said that France considers Iran's decision to further reduce its 2015 nuclear commitments "not definitive" and that it will do everything to find a deal.
“The actions they have taken are negative but not definitive. They can return and the path of dialogue is still open “.
All this while Iran points the finger at the European signatories of the agreement signed in the 2015, accusing them of not respecting the commitments announcing further violations of the limits contained in the pact.
The deal was aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for easing sanctions, but everything has been called into question since the United States withdrew from the deal last year and began implementing a restrictive economic policy against Tehran to push Iran into wider security concessions.
France, Germany and Britain have tried to adopt a trade mechanism of exchange with Iran to limit the effects of US sanctions, but with little results so Tehran, last Wednesday, set a 60-day deadline for Europe for a effective European action.
"Unfortunately the European parties have failed to meet their commitments ... The agreement is not a one-way street and Iran will act accordingly as we have done so far by gradually downgrading our commitments“, This is the statement of Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Iranian nuclear energy agency.
"Iran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments as long as the other parties keep their commitments“, Salehi continued, speaking after he had met with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea), Cornel Feruta.
Feruta, whose inspectors control Iran's nuclear program, plans to meet with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other senior Iranian officials.
The IAEA Board of Governors, made up of 35 nations, will discuss Iran in a quarterly meeting starting Monday.
Since last May, Iran has begun to violate the limits of its nuclear capacity set by the agreement in retaliation for the sanctions implemented by the United States aimed at forcing Tehran to negotiate restrictions on its ballistic missile program.
Iran has made it known that it is willing to abide by the terms of the agreement if the European signatories manage to restore access to foreign trade promised under the nuclear agreement but blocked due to sanctions imposed by the United States.
Since the start of the crisis between Washington and Tehran, Iran has claimed that it is now able to increase uranium enrichment beyond the fissile purity level of 20%. According to IAEA inspectors, Iran had increased enrichment to 4,5% purity in July, above the 3,7% limit for civil power generation set by the 2015 agreement.
Under the agreement, Iran is allowed limited research and development on advanced centrifuges, which accelerate the production of fissile material that, if enriched to the 90% threshold, could be used to develop a nuclear bomb.