Most countries participating in talks on Iran’s nuclear program agree to an EU proposal aimed at saving the 2015 international agreement, European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said today.
“Most agree, but I still don’t have the answer from the US who, as I understand, are discussing it and we expect their answer this week,” Borrell explained in an interview with Spanish state television network TVE.
Borrell added that Iran has asked for some modifications to be made to the EU proposal, which has not been made public. Yesterday, Monday, the head of European diplomacy had described Tehran’s response as “reasonable”.
Iran is negotiating with China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany to revive the 2015 deal on its nuclear program, from which the US withdrew in 2018 under President Donald Trump. Washington is indirectly involved in the negotiations.
Meanwhile, a senior US official told Reuters yesterday that Iran had dropped some of its demands, including its insistence that international inspectors halt some investigations into its nuclear program, bringing the possibility of a deal closer.
“They came back last week and basically removed the main obstacles to a deal,” explained the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“I think they’ve finally crossed the Rubicon and moved toward possibly reviving the deal on terms that (US) President (Joe) Biden can accept,” he added.
“If today we’re closer (to a deal), it’s because Iran has moved. They’ve backed down on issues they’ve been insisting on from the beginning,” the official concluded.
SOURCE: AMPE
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