TEHRAN —
Iran said Monday the “train has still not
derailed” in negotiations aiming to restore the 2015 nuclear deal with world
powers, despite new US sanctions on the Islamic republic.
اضافة اعلان
The US on
Thursday imposed sanctions on a network of Iranian petrochemical firms, as well
as alleged front companies in
China and the UAE accused of helping Tehran to
circumvent sanctions.
“We are still
moving on the diplomatic path — this train has still not derailed, despite the
US reneging on its commitments and in spite of all of its actions,” foreign
ministry spokesman
Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters.
The Vienna
talks, which began in April last year, aim to return the US to the nuclear
deal, lift sanctions on Iran, and ensure Tehran’s full compliance with its
commitments.
But the
ever-delicate dialogue has been stalled since March.
“We can
certainly and quickly... finalize the agreement,” Khatibzadeh said, if the US
agrees to “put aside all the sanctions”.
He also called
on Washington to put an end to the so-called campaign of “maximum pressure”
introduced by former US-president Donald Trump’s administration after they
pulled out of the 2015 agreement, formally known as the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in 2018.
The US has previously
argued that Tehran’s demand that Washington remove the powerful Revolutionary
Guards from a terrorism blacklist is peripheral to discussions, although it can
discuss the issue later.
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