TEHRAN — Iran said Monday that the outcome of talks in
Vienna aimed at salvaging its nuclear accord will depend on European parties
leaning on the US to lift sanctions.
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Britain, France, and Germany are pushing to bring US
President Joe Biden’s administration back into the 2015 nuclear deal, after his
predecessor Donald Trump withdrew and reimposed sanctions on Iran.
The other participants, including China and Russia, are to
meet Tuesday in-person in the Austrian capital, with the United States
indirectly taking part.
“Whether the joint commission’s agenda produces a result or
not depends on the Europeans and the 4+1 reminding the US of its obligations
and the Americans acting on their commitments,” Iran’s foreign ministry
spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
“How and where the 4+1 talk to the US is their own
business,” he told reporters, noting there will be no negotiations in Vienna.
The meeting’s aim is to “talk about the path of lifting
sanctions,” he added.
The deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA), promised Iran relief from international sanctions in exchange
for limits on its nuclear program.
Biden has promised to rejoin the agreement on condition that
Iran first returns to nuclear commitments it suspended in response to reimposed
sanctions.
Tehran, however, says Washington has to end sanctions first.
The European Union has said its mediator will hold “separate
contacts” with the United States in Vienna.
According to a senior EU official, two groups of experts
from the other countries will work simultaneously, with one focused on US
sanctions and the other on rolling back Iran’s suspended nuclear commitments.
Khatibzadeh said experts from an Iranian delegation would
explain “how (we plan) to stop our remedial measures”.
“We have only one step, not step-by-step, (which) includes
the lifting of all US sanctions,” he stressed.
“It will become clear tomorrow whether the 4+1 can realize
the points expected by Iran or not, so that we would have a clearer path
forward,” Khatibzadeh said.
The Vienna meeting comes after a video conference of a JCPOA
joint commission held on Friday.
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