Iran’s foreign minister said On Monday that Tehran would present its “final” proposal later in the day on talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, after Washington agreed to key demands.
“The U. S. side has verbally accepted any of Iran’s requests,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying by the state-run IRNA news agency, without specifying what the demands were.
“We will send our final proposals in writing before midnight,” he added. “If our opinion is accepted, we are in a position to conclude and announce the agreement in an assembly of foreign ministers. “
IRNA said Friday that Iran could settle for a final commitment drawn up in Vienna to save the landmark 2015 deal, which aimed to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
The deal has been moribund since the U. S. withdrew in 2018 from then-President Donald Trump.
The major powers are awaiting Tehran’s reaction to a proposal presented on July 26 through EU foreign policy leader Josep Borrell.
Earlier on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters that Tehran’s minimum negotiating issues will need to be respectable to revive the troubled comprehensive action plan.
“Relative progress has been made, but this progress has not fully satisfied Iran’s legal requirements, and we have other expectations on the other side, and we believe that all interests will need to be met,” he said.
“We are close to an agreement, but on the condition that Iran’s red lines are met and the country’s main interests are secured. “
He did provide additional details.
Kanaani’s comments echoed perspectives expressed through an unnamed Iranian diplomat who told official news firm IRNA on Friday that the proposed deal presented last week through the European Union was “acceptable as long as it provides assurances to Iran on points similar to sanctions. “.
Negotiators from Iran, the United States and the EU resumed indirect talks on Tehran’s nuclear deal on Thursday after a months-long break in negotiations. save the deal.
European diplomats expressed optimism in the following days about accepting the deal. However, Israeli officials rejected those hopes in comments to the news site Ynet and Haaretz on Tuesday, saying the Iranians would not sign a deal that is not a “significant” one. improvement” for them compared to the 2015 pact.
Iran signed the JCPOA in 2015 with the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China. In the deal, Iran agreed to restrict its uranium enrichment under the supervision of U. N. inspectors in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
In 2018, then U. S. President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U. S. from the U. S. He said he would negotiate a more powerful deal, but that didn’t happen. Iran began breaching the terms of the deal a year later.
Israel believes Iran needs to build a nuclear bomb. He allegedly carried out sabotage operations inside the Islamic Republic to stop the progression of a weapon.
Iran has denied any nefarious intent and claims its program is designed for nonviolent purposes, recently enriching uranium to grades that foreign leaders say have no civilian use.
One of the main problems in recent negotiations has been Iran’s call to its Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps from the U. S. list of terrorist organizations, a designation imposed by Trump in 2019. Washington refused to do so.
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