TEHRAN —
US
steps on lifting sanctions are “good but not enough”,
Iran’s foreign minister
said on Saturday, hours after Washington announced it was waiving some
sanctions on
Iran’s civilian nuclear program.
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“The lifting of some sanctions can, in the
true sense of the word, translate into their good will. Americans talk about
it, but it should be known that what happens on paper is good but not enough,”
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency.
The US State Department on Friday said it was
waiving sanctions on Iran’s civilian nuclear program in a technical step
necessary to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement.
The waiver allows other countries and
companies to participate in Iran’s civilian nuclear program without triggering
US sanctions on them, in the name of promoting safety and non-proliferation.
Iran’s civilian program includes increasing
stockpiles of enriched uranium.
The step came as talks to restore the 2015
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, which then-president
Donald Trump
unilaterally withdrew from in 2018, were at an advanced stage.
Amir-Abdollahian reiterated that one of the
“main issues” in the talks is obtaining guarantees that the US will not
withdraw from the 2015 deal again.
“We seek and demand guarantees in the
political, legal, and economic sectors,” he said, adding that “agreements have
been reached in some areas”.
The Vienna talks, which include Iran, the US,
Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia, are at a stage where the parties
have to make important “political decisions”, different parties to the
negotiations said last week.
“Our negotiating team in the Vienna talks is
seriously pursuing obtaining tangible guarantees from the West to fulfil their
commitments,” Amir-Abdollahian said.
Earlier on Saturday, Iranian foreign ministry
spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said: “Naturally, Tehran is carefully considering
any action that is in the right direction of fulfilling the obligations of the
JCPOA”, local media reported.
Talks on reviving the nuclear deal were
halted last week and the negotiators returned to their capitals for
consultations.
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