TEHRAN —
Iran on Monday said talks with world powers
in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal are "complicated and
difficult" but have not hit an impasse.
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"The negotiations are complicated and difficult as they
have reached key issues that need serious political decisions especially by
Washington," foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a news
conference.
But "there is no impasse in Vienna", he added.
Iran is engaged in negotiations with Britain, China, France,
Germany, and Russia directly and with the
US indirectly to revive the deal
formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The deal offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for
curbs on its nuclear program.
But the US unilaterally withdrew from the
JCPOA in 2018
under then-president Donald Trump and re-imposed stiff economic sanctions,
prompting Tehran to begin rolling back on its commitments.
The drive to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal resumed in late
November.
"If the US and
European parties show real
determination", an agreement can be reached very soon in Vienna,
Khatibzadeh said on Monday.
"We need objective guarantees to make sure the US does
not leave the agreement once again and that it honors its commitments," he
added.
The goals of the negotiations are to have the US return to
the deal by lifting its anti-Iran sanctions and to have Iran return to full
compliance with its commitments under the agreement.
"All JCPOA sanctions with any labels must be lifted at
the same time," Khatibzadeh said.
Different parties to the agreement have in recent weeks
signaled progress in the talks with some saying the negotiations are in their
final stage.
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of
Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in a tweet on Monday said the negotiations have reached the stage the
can be commented on with "certainty" and not speculation.
"The US political decision to realize or refuse to
accept the requirements of forming a reliable and lasting agreement based on
the principles accepted in JCPOA can replace speculations," he said.
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