Talks to bring the parties back into full compliance with the deal on Iran’s nuclear program, struck between Tehran and six major powers, are moving in the right direction, Russian negotiator Mikhail Ulyanov said.
“It looks like we’re making progress. Let’s not sweat it,” the Russian ambassador to Vienna-based international organizations said on Twitter on Sunday after a meeting with the EU’s chief negotiator, Enrique Mora, without elaborating.
However, there are still no tangible signs of significant progress after negotiations resumed on Thursday in Vienna after a five-month suspension.
Mr Ulyanov made it clear that Moscow “fully” supports the draft deal on the table.
In the current round of negotiations, US diplomats, who are closely involved with Iran and the other five parties to the deal (Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) are trying to resolve any remaining issues before Washington can move forward with lifting again of sanctions and for Tehran to return to full compliance with the deal, which will mean that its nuclear program will be closely monitored and severely limited.
The parties are trying to salvage the 2015 deal, officially the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was intended to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and provided for tight limits and controls on its nuclear energy activities in exchange for lifting of international sanctions.
But the sanctions were reimposed and extended by the US after the country unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in 2018, by a decision of then-Republican President Donald Trump. Tehran, which has repeatedly stressed that the deal has no value for Iran without the lifting of sanctions, has since retaliated by reneging on commitments it had made.
Yesterday Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian reiterated his opposition to the investigations being conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to clarify Iran’s undeclared activities in the field of nuclear energy in the past.
“We will continue to cooperate with the IAEA, but it must distance itself from political distractions and carry out its work from a technical point of view,” Mr. Amirabdolakhian added during a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He also reiterated the firm assurance that the Islamic Republic does not seek to acquire nuclear weapons.
SOURCE: AMPE
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