TEHRAN —
Iran said Wednesday that “technical issues” in the now-paused negotiations to
restore its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers have been resolved, but
“political” issues persist ahead of concluding any deal.
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Iran has been
engaged for a year in negotiations with France, Germany, Britain, Russia, and
China directly, and the US indirectly, to revive the 2015 deal, known formally
as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The US
unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in 2018 and imposed sanctions on Iran,
prompting Tehran to step back from nuclear commitments.
Negotiations in
Vienna aim to return the US to the deal, including through Washington lifting
sanctions, and to ensure Tehran’s full compliance with its commitments.
“Technical issues
and discussions in the Vienna talks have been completed,” Mohammad Eslami, head
of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, was quoted as saying by state news agency
IRNA.
“Only political
issues remain,” he added.
Foreign ministry
spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said early this month that Iran will only return to
Vienna to finalize an agreement.
The talks have
been paused since March 11 after Russia demanded guarantees that Western
sanctions imposed against Moscow after its February 24 invasion of Ukraine
would not damage its trade with Iran.
Days later,
Moscow said it had received the necessary guarantees.
Among the key
remaining sticking points is Tehran’s demand to delist the Revolutionary
Guards, the ideological arm of Iran’s military, from a US terror list.
That sanction,
imposed by former US president Donald Trump after he withdrew from the nuclear
agreement, is officially separate from the atomic file.
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