Iran and the United States are to start
indirect talks "
this week " which will focus on "
the lifting of sanctions
" imposed by Washington, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday (June 27th).
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"
A Persian Gulf country will host the talks and the meeting [between Iran and the United States] will take place in the coming days during the week
," ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said. at his weekly press conference.
This statement follows the announcement on Saturday by the European Union (EU) and Iran of the resumption "
in the coming days
" of the talks on the Iranian nuclear program suspended for more than three months, on the occasion of a surprise visit to Tehran by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
To advance the process, Josep Borrell indicated that "
indirect
" contacts between the United States and the
".
“
What we are going to do in the coming days does not concern the nuclear dimension but existing differences on the question of the lifting of sanctions
,” Said Khatibzadeh said on Monday.
"The ball is in Washington's court"
Talks launched in Vienna in April 2021 between Iran and the major powers (Russia, US, China, France, UK and Germany) have stalled since March, with Americans and Iranians accusing each other of blocking them .
They aim to reintegrate the United States into the 2015 agreement providing for limitations on the Iranian nuclear program, denounced in 2018 by then American President Donald Trump, and to bring Iran back to respecting its commitments dictated by this pact. , called JCPOA.
“
I hope we will see positive results from these talks.
The ball is in Washington's
court,” the Iranian spokesman said Monday.
“
If Washington comes with answers [to Iranian demands], we can finish the job quickly
,”
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Concluded by Iran and the six powers, the JCPOA aims to guarantee the civilian nature of the nuclear program of Tehran, accused of seeking to acquire atomic weapons despite its denials, in exchange for a gradual lifting of international sanctions suffocating the Iranian economy.
But the Trump administration had reinstated stifling
sanctions on Tehran, leading in response to Iran's gradual disengagement from the 2015 agreement.
in the nuclear deal and to ensure that Iran can reap the economic benefits of it permanently
," said Said Khatibzadeh.
