US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with French, German and British foreign ministers over Iran's nuclear program and Russia-Ukraine tensions on Wednesday, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said.
The United States claims that the onus for concluding a nuclear deal is squarely on Iran. But, Tehran stresses the ball is in the US’s court and that Washington must make the necessary political decisions to that end.
The United States still believes there is an opportunity to overcome the remaining differences with Iran in negotiations over its nuclear program, State Department spokesman Ned Price stated.
Efforts to find a mutually acceptable compromise on the further implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the Iran nuclear deal may take several more days or weeks, a Russian diplomat says.
Iran's foreign minister says the lack of a political decision on the part of America to remove anti-Iran sanctions poses an obstacle to the achievement of final results in the Vienna talks.
EU Deputy Foreign Policy Chief and the Vienna talks’ coordinator Enrique Mora who is visiting Tehran met with Iran’s top negotiator and Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said Iran and the P4+1 group of countries are close to a deal but some important issues remain that need to be resolved.
The European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, said on Saturday that Iran and world powers are very close to an agreement on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
Substantial progress has been made in resolving a number of issues necessary for Washington to come back to the Iran nuclear deal, but there still are issues left, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says.
US optimism about a deal to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement has soured. State Department spokesman Ned Price says it is headed toward "Plan B" if Tehran doesn't budge.
The United States on Monday announced that an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is neither imminent nor certain.
Moscow does not pursue selfish interests in the reinstatement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which will open way to the global market for Iranian oil, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.
An agreement on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could be reached within 48 hours, a senior participant in the talks said Saturday. Officials in Tehran have yet to confirm the report.
A former Iranian legislator says only a few people in the country are opposed to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Iran and the P 4+1 are close to the final point of a deal in the Vienna talks more than any time before, adding Iran is ready for such an agreement if all its red lines are respected.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has denied claims that the country released two British-Iranian citizens in exchange for London paying back its decades-long debt to the Islamic republic.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) welcomes Russia’s statement that it has received the guarantees it sought from the US over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying the negotiators in Vienna are close to inking an agreement aimed at reviving the nuclear accord.
An ex-Iranian lawmaker says the demands abruptly put on the negotiating table by Russia in Vienna are a “serious obstacle” to the conclusion of an agreement aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, adding that Moscow made such a move in coordination with Israel.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says there will be no new nuclear deal, JCPOA, following the Vienna talks. Khatibzadeh was speaking to a group of students in the city of Mashhad on Sunday.
A senior State Department official says the US won’t negotiate exemptions to Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia to save the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal (JCPOA). The source told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday Washington instead would try to strike an alternative agreement that excludes Moscow if the Kremlin doesn’t back off from last-minute demands.
Iran’s former foreign ministry spokesman says the country’s economy should not be held back in anticipation of what might come out of negotiations underway in Vienna between Tehran and other signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
