Iran's official state television stated Sunday that the nuclear issue will not be discussed at the meeting in Switzerland, according to the Abu Saleh Arabic Desk. The statement follows a day of conflicting signals over the status of Iran's delegation to Geneva.
Sunday's statement by Iran's official state television — relayed by the Abu Saleh Arabic Desk — is the clearest rejection yet of nuclear discussions at the Switzerland meeting, after days of mixed signals. Earlier Sunday, The Zioneer reported a source close to the Iranian team saying Tehran would not meet IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi in Switzerland. That bulletin was published at 14:33 Jerusalem. Since last week, Iran has repeatedly disrupted the diplomatic track, postponing talks twice: on Friday June 19, the Foreign Ministry postponed the talks to a 'later date'; on Thursday June 18, Iran canceled entirely, blaming Israeli strikes in Lebanon. On Sunday June 14, delegation spokesperson Mohammad Marandi declared there would be 'no more negotiations for the time being.' The state TV announcement today goes further by explicitly ruling out any nuclear negotiation at the meeting itself. What remains unclear is whether any lower-level or indirect contacts are still possible, or whether the meeting will be limited to non-nuclear agenda items.
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