MOSCOW — Russia’s Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said
Tuesday that Moscow had received guarantees from Washington on its ability to
trade with Tehran as part of ongoing talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.
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“We received written guarantees. They are included
in the text of the agreement itself on the resumption of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program,” Lavrov told
reporters during a press conference with his Iranian counterpart in Moscow.
More than 10 months of talks in Vienna have brought
major powers close to renewing the landmark
2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on regulating Iran’s nuclear program.
The negotiations halted after
Moscow earlier this
month demanded guarantees that Western sanctions imposed following its military
incursion into Ukraine would not damage its trade with Iran.
Lavrov told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday that
guarantees it had received from Washington would protect Russian involvement in
Iran’s sole Bushehr nuclear energy plant.
Lavrov said Moscow and Tehran share the position
that Western sanctions are imposed with the aim of overriding international law
and accused Washington and its partners of directing the penalties “primarily
against ordinary citizens”.
The 2015 deal gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange
for curbs on its nuclear program.
The agreement aimed to ensure Iran would not be able
to develop a nuclear weapon, which it has always denied seeking.
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