The US State Department confirmed, on Thursday, that it is ready to resume nuclear talks, but Iran asked for more time until the transfer of power to the elected president.
A State Department spokeswoman said: “When Iran finishes this process, we will be Then we are ready to plan our return to Vienna to continue our talks… We are still interested in a joint return to commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the nuclear deal), but this offer will not remain on the table forever (as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made clear). In addition, a diplomatic source revealed that Iran is not ready to resume negotiations to recommit to the 2015 nuclear agreement before Iranian President-elect Ibrahim Raisi takes office.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said To “Reuters”, Iran conveyed this position to European officials who act as mediators in the indirect talks between Washington and Tehran.
in mid-August
He also added The current position is that the nuclear talks will not resume before mid-August. For an Iranian, it remains one of Washington’s most important and pressing concerns, according to what was reported by “Politico”.
The unnamed official said, “Every threat the United States faces from Iran is getting more and more serious in the absence of restrictions on its program.” The nuclear deal,” stressing that the United States is still willing to revive the nuclear agreement with Iran.
Deadline
The US State Department spokesman, Ned Price, announced Monday that the United States will not impose a deadline on the seventh round of talks with Iran to revive the nuclear agreement concluded in 2015 He considered that only Tehran could determine the date for the resumption of talks.
The nuclear talks that were launched last April in the Austrian capital, after 6 rounds of meetings between Western countries and Iran, under the auspices of the European Union and indirect participation from the United States, did not reach. The United States came to a consensus that would revive the agreement that had fallen apart since 2018.
The seventh round was supposed to be launched early this month (July), but it seems that some disagreements over key outstanding issues hindered the identification Next round so far.
