Iran talks tough ahead of indirect nuclear negotiations with US
Iranian and US officials will not meet directly in Vienna tomorrow amid the first negotiations aimed at a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, officials have said.
Iran is talking tough ahead of planned indirect talks with the United States in Vienna on Tuesday over a prospective return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday publicly rejected any piecemeal approach to US sanctions relief in exchange for Tehran’s step-by-step return to compliance with the 2015 so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.
“The path is clear. All US sanctions [against Iran] must be removed at once,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh was quoted as saying today by Iran’s state-run Press TV.
“Then, this must be verified and only then, the Islamic Republic will take its step [to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement],” Khatibzadeh said.
