Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal continue, adding that the Islamic Republic’s objective in the negotiations is to achieve a “strong and permanent” agreement.
“The Vienna talks have not been paused, but they continue in another process to remove the unilateral sanctions imposed on us and through the exchange of written messages with the Americans through the EU representative,” Amir Abdollahian told Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television network on Tuesday.
He underlined that Iran’s objective in the talks is to reach a “strong” and “permanent” agreement.
“We urged the American side to be realistic,” he said. “Removing sanctions in all areas and receiving economic guarantees are among the most important items on our negotiating team’s agenda.”
The top Iranian diplomat also said he believes the Americans have perfectly understood Iran’s red lines.
“We will continue the dialogue. As soon as an agreement is about to be reached, our representative in the negotiations will make the final changes to the agreement.”
Several rounds of negotiations have been held in the Austrian capital since April 2021 to bring the US back into the Iran deal.
The Vienna talks, however, exclude American diplomats over Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on May 8, 2018.
Recent weeks have brought the talks to a new impasse, as the US insists on its refusal to remove Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) from its foreign terrorist organization list.
Source: Iranian media
