US calls Iran’s latest nuclear deal offer 'not constructive'
Iran insisted it put forward “a constructive approach aimed at finalizing the negotiations.”
Long-running efforts to revive the landmark Iranian nuclear deal suffered an apparent setback after the United States said late Thursday that Iran’s latest proposal to revive the 2015 pact was “not constructive.”
“We can confirm that we have received Iran’s response through the EU,” State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a statement. “We are studying it and will respond through the EU, but unfortunately it is not constructive.”
The specifics of the Iranian response weren’t immediately clear. But on Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani insisted that Tehran had put forward “a constructive approach aimed at finalizing the negotiations.”
The United States and Iran have for weeks been trading feedback on what the European Union, which is mediating the indirect talks, described as a final proposal to revive the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
