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(Iranian Army via AP) As nuclear talks between Iran and five world powers resumed in Vienna on Monday , one of the sticking points for Iranian negotiators was the assertion that the U.S. and the powers involved in the talks — China, France, Germany, Russia, and the UK — allow Iran to export its oil.
The negotiations resumed Monday after a 10-day break for Iran’s negotiators to consult with the country’s government. It’s only the second time that the negotiators have met since the election of Iran’s new government under President Ebrahim Raisi.
The talks are seeking to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 agreement established during the Obama administration. Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the plan in 2018 and resumed sanctions against Iran, which rebelled by preventing inspections of its nuclear sites and enriching uranium to 60%.
The U.S. hasn’t participated directly in the negotiations, but the Biden administration wants to reestablish the agreement.
The Associated Press reports that negotiators are optimistic about the talks.
“If we work hard in the days and weeks ahead, we should have a positive result,” said European Union diplomat Enrique Mora.
Mora also admits that “it’s going to be very hard — difficult political decisions have to be taken,” and he cited a “sense of urgency” in completing these negotiations as soon as possible.
But Iran is sticking to its guns in insisting that oil exports must be part of the deal.Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that his nation’s goal is to reach the “point where Iranian oil is being sold easily and without any barriers and its money arrives in Iran’s bank accounts.” He also wants to make sure that Iran can operate free of sanctions.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh asserted that anything less than the original JCPOA deal would be “intolerable.”Even […]
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