Saeed Khatibzada
There have been eight rounds of indirect talks between Iran and the United States since April, but differences remain over the pace and scope of lifting sanctions on Iran, with Iran seeking assurances from the United States that it would impose more serious sanctions. Will not and how and when sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program will be restored.
The talks stalled on January 28 when leading negotiators returned to their respective capitals for consultations, with US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Meles saying on Sunday that he would return to Vienna soon and that He emphasized that the agreement was still valid.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzada told a weekly news conference that lifting sanctions and benefiting Iran was of paramount importance to Iran in the negotiations.
He said that if the United States made a political decision to lift sanctions and return to Vienna with a specific agenda, it would be possible to reach an agreement soon.
Saeed Khatibzada said Iran’s key nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani would return to Vienna on Tuesday.
The administration of US President Joe Biden on Friday reintroduced a waiver on sanctions to allow Iran to pursue international nuclear cooperation plans as indirect US-Iranian talks on a 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran are in the final stages. Had entered
Saeed Khatibzada said that Washington has decided to take a step that will not affect Iran’s economic situation.
Iran violated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in response to President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2018 agreement between Tehran and the six powers and the re-imposition of tough sanctions on Iran.
Iran has insisted on the immediate lifting of all sanctions imposed under Donald Trump, with the United States saying it would lift sanctions that violated the 2015 agreement if Iran resumed compliance.