Iran sends EU response on text to revive nuclear deal
An advisor to Iran's negotiating team said the two sides are "closer than we've been before."
Iran has provided its views to the European Union on the bloc's latest proposal to salvage the landmark nuclear agreement, a source in the Iranian negotiating team told Al-Monitor.
The EU, which has mediated some 16 months of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran, put forward a “final text” on Aug. 8 to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The Biden administration has said it’s ready to quickly conclude a deal based on the EU's proposed text.
Earlier on Monday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price declined to confirm whether the United States had accepted the final text and said the administration would communicate its views privately to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Price also called on Iran to drop “unacceptable demands” that are extraneous to the nuclear deal. If Iran “cannot or will not accept a mutual return to full implementation of the JCPOA, we're equally prepared to continue the vigorous enforcement of our sanctions and the imposition of other diplomatic pressure,” Price said.
