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Iran Is in No Hurry to Sign: "In Two More Months, when Winter Comes to Europe, We Can Get a Better Deal"
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael Segall and Iran Desk - Tehran apparently is in no hurry to sign a new nuclear deal. According to Iran's Jomhouri Eslami, the U.S. has agreed to submit the agreement for congressional approval and thereby obligate the next U.S. president as well. Iran demanded reconnecting to SWIFT, the international financial-messages service (from which Iran was removed in 2018), so it can conduct transactions in dollars. Washington said that while it agrees in principle, Iran must first carry out the necessary reforms in the framework of FATF (the Financial Actions Task Force), which requires transparency, fighting corruption, and preventing the transfer of funds to terror groups. Currently, Iran is on the FATF blacklist. Kayhan, which reflects the views of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, declared that the side that needs the deal is the West, which is in a severe energy crisis, not Iran. It underscored that Iran does not need the nuclear deal or to sign the FATF to rehabilitate its economy. The paper "suggested to the Raisi government to wait two months, until winter arrives in Europe, to get a better deal."