Vienna-Sana
Tomorrow, a new round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the 4+1 group will be launched in the Austrian capital, Vienna, after they were suspended since last June, in efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement. On Tehran, in return for Iran’s return to implementing its obligations under the agreement.
In addition to Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and the European Union will participate in the upcoming negotiations.
Six rounds of negotiations were held in Vienna, on the sidelines of which indirect contact was taking place between the Iranian and American delegations through European diplomats, because Iran refuses any direct contact with the United States before it returns to the agreement.
During the past two days, Iran held preliminary talks with Russia and China at the expert level, in addition to talks with the European Union coordinator, Enrique Mora.
Over the past rounds, Iran expressed its seriousness to reach satisfactory results and stressed many points, the most important of which is the lifting of all US sanctions while obtaining US guarantees and pledges not to renege later on what will be agreed upon and refusing to link the agreement to any negotiations on other files related to its defense and regional policies.
It is noteworthy that the nuclear agreement was reached on July 14, 2015 in Vienna, after arduous negotiations that lasted for several years between Iran and the Five Plus One Group, but former US President Donald Trump announced on May 8, 2018, to withdraw from the agreement and return to the policy of imposing sanctions. On Iran, while the rest of the signatories stressed the need for the agreement to be preserved and adhered to, given the international need it represents.