Government spokesman Ali Bahador Jahromi referred to the dynamic and balanced diplomacy of the government in remarks on Saturday.

“The president is preparing for a visit to Russia and the foreign minister went to China, the minister of transport was in Syria, the minister of culture went to the Dubai 2020 Expo, and Mr. Bagheri is focusing on the Vienna talks.
Last week, several foreign officials were present in Iran.
Diplomacy in the #popular_government pays attention to the #broad field of national interests. Dynamic, all-around, and result-oriented,” Bahadori Jahromi tweeted.

It seems that what Iran is seeking is an active diplomatic approach, especially in the economic field.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian visited China on Thursday to hold extensive talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.

On Friday, Amir Abdollahian told reporters that from January 14, the 25-year cooperation document between Iran and China will go into effect.

Iran and China inked the 25-year partnership on March 26, 2021, in Tehran. China would invest $400 billion in Iran over the next 25 years, according to the agreement.

As a result, China will be a regular importer of Iranian oil. Yet despite U.S. sanctions and pressure, Beijing is purchasing Iranian oil. Another benefit of the 25-year partnership is that it will eventually improve Iran’s oil and gas production in three critical fields.

China has committed to accelerating the construction of the South Pars gas field’s phase 11. When France departed Iran due to illegal U.S. sanctions, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) increased its share of the gas field phase 11 project to 50.1 percent from 30 percent.

The 25-year cooperation document will provide Iran with a plethora of economic opportunities and serve as a roadmap for the future of Iranian diplomacy. Such an approach is being pursued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry with the 20-year agreements that Iran plans to sign with Russia and Venezuela.

President Raisi’s looming visit to Russia is also in line with Iran’s economic diplomacy. Ministers responsible for economic and trade affairs will accompany the president on the trip.

On the same note, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who will visit Iran soon, has said he will pursue economic agreements with Iran.

“I am going to Tehran very soon, for a visit that President Raisi offered me, so that we meet in person, to hold conversations and sign new agreements,” Maduro said in an interview with Al Mayadeen Spanish. The interview was also broadcast on Venezuelan state television.

He did not give a date for the visit.

According to Maduro, the two presidents have held two telephone conversations during which they agreed on new plans.

This clearly reflects the Islamic Republic’s will to distance its economic diplomacy from the West, with a watchful eye on the East.

The endeavors by the Raisi administration to diversify its economic partners in accordance with its balanced foreign policy show that opportunities for economic interaction are abundant and the West is just one of them.

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Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Twitter on Thursday that negotiations in the Austrian capital, Vienna, were “proceeding with seriousness” and that the removal of sanctions was a “fundamental priority”.

“Good deal within reach if the West shows goodwill. We seek rational, sober and result-oriented dialogue,” said Amir-Abdollahian.

The talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and several world powers – Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States – resumed on Monday after Iran paused them in June following the election of President Ebrahim Raisi.

The US, which unilaterally pulled out of the deal in 2018, is only participating in the talks indirectly at Iran’s insistence.

The goal of the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is to make it practically impossible for Iran to build an atomic bomb while allowing it to pursue a civilian nuclear program.

Under the pact, Tehran limited its nuclear program in exchange for relief from US, EU and UN economic sanctions.

Iran submits proposals

Separately on Thursday, Iran provided the European powers involved in the deal with two drafts on sanctions removal and nuclear commitments, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said.

“We have delivered two proposed drafts to them … Of course they need to check the texts that we have provided to them. If they are ready to continue the talks, we are in Vienna to continue the talks,” Ali Bagheri Kani told reporters.

A European diplomat confirmed draft documents had been handed over.

Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem, reporting from Vienna, said the proposals seemed to indicate “solid” progress at the talks.

“We understand from an Iranian diplomatic source that one of these proposals will be about lifting the sanctions, and the other will be on Iran rolling back the measures it took after the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal,” he said.

“The elements of these proposals are going to be built upon what was agreed on in the past six rounds of talks between Iran and the world powers.

“However, new points were added, ones that were disregarded in the past talks and Iran believes they are crucial in order to reach an agreement.”

Meanwhile, Israel called on world powers to halt the nuclear negotiations immediately, citing a UN watchdog’s announcement that Tehran has started producing enriched uranium with more advanced centrifuges.

“Iran is carrying out nuclear blackmail as a negotiating tactic, and this should be answered by the immediate halt to negotiations and the implementation of tough steps by the world powers,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office quoted him as saying in a call with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday.

The deal has come under increasing strain since then-President Donald Trump pulled the US out and reimposed harsh sanctions, prompting Tehran to breach nuclear limits in the pact.

In turn, Iran, which denies it wants to acquire a nuclear arsenal, has gradually abandoned its commitments since 2019.

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