Iran and US pessimistic about reviving ‘nuclear’ deal

The United States has said no revival of the “nuclear” deal with Iran is likely to happen soon, following recent demands by Tehran to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from Washington. list of terrorist organizations.

“I would not say that I am particularly optimistic that we are approaching an agreement,” said Robert Maley, the US special envoy for Iran on Qatar on Sunday. “A few months ago we thought the deal was closer,” he said, according to Bloomberg.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdolahian told the European Union coordinator that his country was taking the Vienna talks seriously and had “taken all necessary steps” to facilitate an agreement, according to an Iranian Foreign Ministry official.

The US must take a realistic approach to the issue and then an agreement is entirely possible, Iranian chief negotiator Ali Bagheri insisted in Vienna after talks with his EU counterpart Enrique Mora, according to Iran’s state-run Nour News agency. .

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a body operating in parallel with the country’s traditional army, which the Islamists did not trust after taking power in 1979-1980. While the traditional army has more “neutral” political characteristics, the Revolutionary Guards are ideologically tied to Tehran’s Islamist regime, while also undertaking operations, political and military, abroad.

Both the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Army of the Guards of the Islamic Revolution of Iran maintain land, sea and air forces.

Source: Capital

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