Iran’s deputy FM doubts about deal in nuclear dialogue

Tehran, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday expressed doubts about an agreement at the end of Iran's dialogue with the 4+1 group (the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China plus Germany) taking place in Vienna, Austria.

June 1, 2021
09:15

These negotiations try to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or nuclear pact that the Islamic Republic sealed with those world powers and the United States, although the latter abandoned it in 2018.

At the order of then President Donald Trump, the United States left the nuclear deal and reinstated coercive measures to impose Iran another multilateral agreement.

Among the key issues, Iran demands a total lifting of US sanctions as a result of which it cut its nuclear obligations, but never deviated from what is stipulated in the JCPOA.

Previously, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that there was progress in the talks, despite which key issues remain to be resolved.

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