Russia’s chief negotiator in the Vienna talks says the members of the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, on Thursday evening held a meeting with the US delegation without Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said Iran is hearing good words from the US in Vienna but words must be backed up with serious actions.
A former senior diplomat at Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the recent positive reactions from the US government indicate progress in the talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iranian news website Khabaronline has published a commentary by political commentator Jalal Khoshchehreh of which a summarized English translation is posted by IFP here:
“Hotel Coburg has been the venue of talks between parties who have already held 8 rounds of talks and could have reached a deal before.
As the new round of negotiations on the removal of anti-Iran sanctions continues, a top Russian diplomat says that progress in Vienna talks is visible and main stumbling blocks are becoming clearer.
Russia's chief negotiator to the Vienna talks says the issue of sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran is hampering the negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the P4+1 group.
The participating countries in the Vienna negotiations need to initiate ways to guarantee proper implementation of the nuclear deal, Iran’s ambassador to Britain says.
Moscow sees no reason to accuse Tehran of stalling the Vienna negotiations on the return to the full-fledged implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with French, German and British foreign ministers over Iran's nuclear program and Russia-Ukraine tensions, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said.
Iran's chief negotiator to the Vienna talks says good progress has been made regarding anti-Tehran sanctions removal during negotiations with the P4+1 group over the past days
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani held talks with the European Union deputy foreign policy chief Enrique Mora and the European troika representatives in Vienna on Thursday.
Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani says if the parties to the Vienna talks reach an agreement, the US must first lift anti-Iran sanctions and then Tehran, after verifying the sanctions removal, will conduct its nuclear activities in accordance with the nuclear deal, JCPOA.
A Tehran-based newspaper close to the Principlists says the new Iranian administration’s resort to a “strong logic” and insistence on its rights during the talks in Vienna on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal successfully put pressure on the US and made it soften its rhetoric.
Russia’s chief nuclear negotiator has pushed back on the need to establish a fixed deadline for the nuclear negotiations to conclude. Moscow’s envoy stressed now is not the time to threaten Tehran with greater pressure.
Russia says the parties to the Vienna talks over the Iran nuclear deal have reaffirmed their determination to speed up the drafting of a final agreement.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has once again voiced optimism about the ongoing talks with the P4+1 group in Vienna, saying the negotiations are “on a good path”.
Iranian experts have entered Vienna’s Coburg Hotel for talks with representatives of the P4+1 group of countries over ways of removing anti-Iran sanctions.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani says reaching a deal in Vienna by the end of next January depends on the serious will and readiness of the other side on the removal of the Anti-Tehran sanctions.
