By Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN
Iran officially abandoned a key “red line” request that had been a major sticking point in efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, a senior management official told CNN.
In its reaction Monday to a proposed draft nuclear deal through the European Union, which the EU called a “final” draft, Iran did not ask that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps be removed from the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations, the official said.
“The existing edition of the text, and what they are asking for, abandons it,” the official said, noting that the United States had consistently rejected the request. “So if we’re closer to a deal, that’s why. “
The Iranians have abandoned requests similar to the removal of several IRGC-linked companies, the official said.
The official added that “the president has been firm and consistent that he will not lift the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ terrorism designation. “doubtful as there are some gaps left. President Biden will only approve a deal that satisfies our national security interests.
Progress from that point on may be slow, another senior management official said. But it turns out there’s more momentum now than there was last year.
President Joe Biden has insisted for months that he will not lift the IRGC’s terrorist designation to revive the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. When asked in July, in an interview with Israel’s Twelfth Channel, if it was still we decided to keep the IRGC on the list, even if it meant ending the deal for good, Biden replied, “Yes. “
The policy is one of many foreign policy decisions made by former President Donald Trump that Biden has endorsed: Trump’s management designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization in 2019 out of a “maximum tension campaign” imposed after Trump withdrew the U. S. from the U. S. Biden’s 2018. La administration also continued to impose new sanctions on Iran as talks on the nuclear deal continued.
While the U. S. USA He feels that a major obstacle has been removed, there are still other sticking points. These come with Tehran’s preference for guaranteeing that it will be compensated if a U. S. president is able toThe U. S. long-term withdrawal from the deal, and its call to close a three-year investigation through the International Atomic Energy Agency into its nuclear program.
The Biden administration’s position on those issues has not changed, officials told CNN. Iran has not yet explained to the IAEA why undeclared nutransparent curtains (uranium lines) were discovered at Iranian sites in 2019, the officials said. AND THE U. S. So did the U. S. Transparent to Iran that it cannot force long-term administrations to the deal, or promise reimbursement if a U. S. president is able to force the deal. The U. S. has ever resigned, officials said.
Politically, Republican opposition to the deal in the United States remains strong, even though the IrGC’s delisting is not part of the deal. That opposition has only grown in recent weeks with the launching of Justice Decomponentment charges against an Iranian who plotted to assassinate a former national. security adviser John Bolton, and the attack on Salman Rushdie that has been hailed by Iranian officials. Republicans have also insisted they will try to block any sanctions relief Iran may get for its return to the JCPOA.
“His deal dismantles sanctions that oppose the Iranian economy and floods the regime with heaps of billions of dollars, even as Iran attempts to persecute and assassinate former U. S. officials and dissidents on U. S. soil,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas told CNN. He added that he “decided to block and cancel this catastrophic agreement. “
For now, the U. S. The U. S. government is privately sharing its comments with Europeans, a senior management official said. But the U. S. The U. S. has yet to officially respond to EU and Iran plans, a management official said.
“As we do in the Biden administration, we are doing our homework,” said one of the administration’s most sensible officials. “We consulted our inter-agency experts. And when we have an answer ready, we’ll send it back.
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CNN’s Jennifer Hansler contributed to the report.
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