Dubai: Iran and the European Union announced on Saturday the resumption of international negotiations in Vienna in the coming days to revive the Iranian nuclear pact.
Making the remarks at a joint televised press conference with the visiting European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said his country is prepared for the resumption of Vienna nuclear talks in the coming days.
The Iranian top diplomat said that he had detailed, in-depth talks on Iran’s demands with Borrell, and that “we are ready to resume negotiations in the coming days.”
The economic benefit of the Iranian people from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is important to the Iranian government and any issue that fails to secure Iran’s economic interests will not be acceptable to the government of President Ebrahim Raisi, he noted.
Since April 2021, eight rounds of talks have been held in Vienna between Iran and the remaining JCPOA parties to revive the agreement.
Iran signed the JCPOA with the world powers in July 2015 accepting to put some curbs on its nuclear program in return for the removal of the sanctions on Tehran. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed Washington’s unilateral sanctions on Tehran, prompting Iran to reduce some of its nuclear commitments under the agreement in retaliation.
The talks have been suspended since March when it was believed to be only a step away from a final agreement, raising deep concerns about their prospect.
