Sanctions Removal Talks: Iran Reviewing US Response to Comments on EU Draft Proposal
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran received the US’ response to Tehran’s proposals aimed at resolving the remaining issues in the talks on sanctions removal and revival of the JCPOA.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the country on Wednesday afternoon received Washington’s response via the EU’s coordinator of the Vienna negotiations Enrique Mora.
Kanaani added that the Islamic Republic of Iran has started carefully reviewing the US side’s response.
The spokesman also said the Islamic Republic of Iran will give its response to the EU coordinator after fully studying Washington’s response.
Four days of intense talks between representatives of Iran and the five remaining parties to the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), ended on August 8 with a modified text proposed by the EU on the table.
The talks came after a five-month hiatus as the US negotiators failed to overcome their indecisiveness.
Iran submitted its response to the EU draft proposal on August 15, a week after the latest round of talks wrapped up. After submitting its response, Tehran urged Washington to show "realism and flexibility" in order to reach an agreement.
However, it took almost ten days for the Biden administration to submit its response to Iran’s comments on the EU draft.
On Monday, Kanaani said Tehran had responded to the EU’s draft proposal and was awaiting Washington’s response.
The United States, under former president Donald Trump, abandoned the deal in May 2018 and reinstated crippling sanctions that the agreement had lifted.
The talks to salvage the agreement kicked off in the Austrian capital in April last year, months after Joe Biden succeeded Trump, to examine the potential of the US return to the deal and removal of sanctions.
Despite notable progress, the US indecisiveness and procrastination caused multiple interruptions in the marathon talks.
