(Reuters) – Qatar’s international minister stated on Saturday in remarks cited by al Jazeera TV that the Iranian leadership expressed readiness for a compromise relating to “the Iranian nuclear file”, referring to talks over reviving a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
But Iran’s Foreign Ministry stated remarks by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been mistranslated by error or by design for propaganda functions, the semi-official information company Tasnim reported.
The Qatari-based TV quoted Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani as saying that reaching widespread floor will increase stability within the Gulf area and assist oil markets.
“Pumping extra portions of Iranian oil to the market will assist stabilize crude costs and cut back inflation,” the minister stated.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh instructed Tasnim: “The Supreme Leader didn’t make any remarks about a compromise, however instructed the Emir of Qatar: ‘We have at all times stated that negotiations ought to be productive and never a waste of time. The Americans know what to do relating to this.”
“It is evident from the context of the Leader’s remarks that (he meant) that the ball is within the court docket of the United States, which should make a clever political determination to meet its obligations,” Khatibzadeh stated.
On Friday, the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani – who met Khamenei throughout a go to to Iran earlier in May – expressed optimism that an settlement between the United States and Iran could possibly be achieved, voicing readiness to assist in the matter.
Iran and the United States have held oblique talks over the previous 12 months to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, however the negotiations have stalled.
Tehran has repeatedly stated Washington ought to make a political determination to respect Iran’s “pink strains”, which embody taking the Revolutionary Guards off a U.S. terrorism blacklist.
(Reporting by Moaz Abd-Alaziz and Dubai newsroom; Editing by Frances Kerry and Nick Zieminski)
