Iran's FM Araghchi won't visit New York confirmed the MFA spokesman Baghaei.

He was supposed to attend the ministerial meeting of the UNSC on Syria & Palestine.

"Due to the regional developments & the ceasefire in Gaza, priorities have changed," explained Baghaei.

Iran postpones controversial hijab law implementation Already delayed once, new punitive law faces resistance from women, moderates

3| asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Ira...

2| "Iranian women have gotten over a sense of guilt for not wearing a hijab since the anti-government protests," said a 22-year-old female art student, referring to the 2022 demonstrations.

"The new law is a kind of challenge to the public & has spurred more anger in society."

🧵1| Iran postpones controversial hijab law implementation

Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, women have been required to wear hijab in public places...

Yet, in Tehran & other cities, women have become bolder about not covering up.

"The abuse of this mechanism (snapback) means there will be no justification for Iran to remain in some existing agreements. This is a position that has been stated before."

Iran's MFA spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei:

"Threatening to withdraw from the NPT is not new. In the 12th administration (2nd term of Rouhani), we clarified that if the snapback were used to pressure Iran, our response would be proportionate."

My mistake... Pezeshkian visits Moscow on Jan 7th.

According to Kazem Jalali, Iran's ambassador in Moscow, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit Russia on January 17.

Meanwhile, EU sources talk about another ice-melting meeting with Iran on JCPOA in Geneva in the 2nd half of January. Iran's MFA spokesman confirmed this.

Iran FM Araghchi is now in Beijing, meeting Nurlan Yermekbayev, Deputy Secretaries-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Iran FM @araghchi left Tehran for Baghdad to meet & talk with FMs of Iraq & Syria regarding recent developments in Syria.

Syria's FM has arrived before Araghchi.

Russia is not invited as far as I know. Turkey is not there either. It's an Astana-like format, not Astana itself.

The meeting of the ministers of the member countries of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) will be held in Tehran next Sunday, December 8th from 8:30 a.m. local time.

Turkish sources reported that the Astana meeting on the current developments in Syria will be held on Friday in Doha, Qatar.

The meeting will most probably be at the FM level.

"Our friends in Turkey are worried about developments in Syria as we are."

"The Zionist regime is the one benefiting from current conflicts in Syria. Interestingly, conflicts in Syria have begun just after the cease-fire in Lebanon."

MFA spox Baghaei:

"Negotiations between FM Araghchi & Turkish officials are ongoing."

"Turkiye is an influential & affected country regarding Syria."

"Turkiye played a role in de-escalating tensions in Syria."

"Turkish FM said Ankara did not have a role in this conflict."

Iran's MFA spox Baghaei on Takh Ravanchi meetings in Geneva:

"Talks in Geneva were not solely focused on the nuclear file. Regional developments & claims about Ukraine were also discussed."

Iran's MFA's spox Baghaei's on FM Ararghchi regional tour:

"The trip to Syria aimed to convey Iran's support & assess the situation in Syria. On a diplomatic level, we must mobilize the global community to counter-terrorism."

Iran's Government spox, Fateme Mohajerani on Iran-US possible direct talks:

"The government will consider whatever proposition that is in the people's best interest."

"But dialogue fundamentally requires respect & trust-building, & respect cannot only be expressed in words."

Germany confirmed plans for talks between Iran & E3 over Iran's nuclear program & its regional role.

“I can confirm that a meeting at the level of officials & political directors on the subject of the nuclear issue is in the cards,” said Germany's FM Spokx Christian Wagner.

The meeting between EU mediator Enrique Mora & Iran's Deputy FM Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi will be held on Thursday in Geneva, confirmed the EU Spokesman Peter Stano.

Takht-e-Ravanchi will meet with E3 representatives (UK, France, & Germany) on Friday.

3| "(Iran's) continued production & accumulation of uranium enriched up to 60% has no credible civilian justification. The IAEA has been clear that Iran must provide full cooperation to resolve questions related to its legal obligations that have been outstanding for 5 years."

2| "We've made it clear Iran must provide full cooperation with the IAEA without further delay. & we’ll continue to closely coordinate with E3."

"We’re concerned with Iran’s announcement that it’s choosing the path of continued escalation instead of cooperating with the IAEA."

🧵1| The US will not join Iran-E3 talks in Geneva, said Spox Matthew Miller, adding:

"We are closely coordinating with our E3 partners regarding Iran’s full implementation of its nuclear safeguard obligations & holding Iran accountable for its failure to meet those obligations."

The statement issued by the E3 against Iran will be put for a vote in the IAEA Board of Governors' meeting tonight, AFP reported quoting Western diplomats.

4| "Allow the Agency to install surveillance & monitoring equipment where requested;

Re-implement & swiftly ratify its Additional Protocol; and

Fully reverse its September 2023 decision to withdraw the designations of experienced inspectors."

3| "Implement the Iran-IAEA March 2023 Joint statement & the commitments it made regarding transparency & cooperation with the IAEA including re-applying all transparency measures that it stopped in February 2021;"

2| "We urge Iran to:

Halt & reverse its nuclear escalation & refrain from making threats to produce nuclear weapons;

Return to the limits imposed by the JCPoA, in particular those regarding enrichment;"

🧵1 |France, Germany, UK (E3) joint statement to the IAEA Board of Governors on Iran’s implementation of its nuclear commitments under the JCPoA:

"Iran’s choices & decisions regarding its nuclear activities are the source of this long-standing proliferation crisis."