TEHRAN —
Iran on Monday said an agreement with world
powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was still not in sight, blaming the US
for the delay.
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"More than one issue is still pending between Iran and
the US," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
"Messages (from Washington) sent through (EU
coordinator Enrique) Mora these past weeks ... are far from providing solutions
that could lead to an accord," he told reporters.
Iran has been engaged in efforts to revive the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Britain, China, France, Germany, and
Russia directly, and the US indirectly since April 2021.
Mora, who coordinates the indirect US-Iran talks, visited
Tehran last month for talks with Iranian officials, and later went to
Washington.
At the time, Mora said he hoped to close the gaps remaining
in the arduous negotiations.
The agreement fell apart in 2018, when then-president Donald
Trump withdrew the US and reimposed crippling economic sanctions.
Iran, in response, began rolling back on most of its
commitments under the accord.
Khatibzadeh on Monday blamed Washington for delays to
restore the nuclear deal.
"The US are responsible for these delays, because they
are taking their time to give replies" that would be suitable for Iran, he
said.
Earlier this month, Khatibzadeh's counterpart in the State
Department Ned Price said it was Tehran that was not giving way to make a deal possible,
but that Washington still believed there was "opportunity to overcome our
remaining differences."
Key among unresolved issues is a demand by Tehran that the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological arm of Iran's military, be
removed from a US terror blacklist.
Washington has resisted the move.
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