An anonymous US official told Reuters on Friday that Washington hasn’t ruled out the possibility of being the first to take steps towards the revival of the nuclear deal, saying the “sequence” is not an issue for the US.

The source also noted that the issue that really matters is what exactly these steps would entail.

“Like, we are going to go at 8, they are going to go at 10? Or they go at 8, we go at 10? That’s not the issue. The issue is do we agree on what steps are going to be taken mutually,” the source said.

He also dismissed speculations that the US insists on full compliance on the part of Iran, adding “it is absolutely not our position” and that the US is “pragmatic about that”.

“As for, if we agree on mutual steps, like we’ll do X, they do Y, the issue of sequence will not be the issue. I don’t know who would go first. I mean we could – it could be simultaneous,” “There’s a thousand iterations but … I can tell you now, if this breaks down, it’s not going to be because of that,” he said.

Source: Agencies