Iran is ready to accept the final text drawn up in Vienna to save the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement provided that it comes with a number of assurances, the official Irna news agency reported on Friday (August 12th). .
This declaration comes at a time when the major powers are awaiting a response from Tehran to a proposal for an agreement submitted on July 26 by the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.
"
The European Union's proposals are acceptable provided they provide assurances to Iran on various points
," Irna said, quoting an Iranian diplomat, without revealing his name.
And to quote the international "
sanctions
", "
guarantees
" that the United States will not question the agreement and the pending cases with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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After several months of deadlock, diplomats from all parties (Iran, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany) returned to the Austrian capital on August 4 for yet another attempt to save, under the aegis of the EU, the agreement concluded in 2015. The pact aims to guarantee the civilian nature of the nuclear program of Iran, accused of seeking to acquire atomic weapons despite its denials.
But after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the agreement in 2018 at the instigation of Donald Trump and the reinstatement of American sanctions, Tehran gradually freed itself from its obligations.
The objective of the talks, in which the United States participates indirectly, is to put the process back on track.
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On Tuesday, the spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged Tehran and Washington to make a '
swift decision
' on the final compromise hammered out in Vienna, saying it was a take it or leave it proposition. .
A major obstacle remains: Iran is asking the IAEA to close the question of undeclared sites, where traces of enriched uranium had been found.
On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on the IAEA to “
completely
” settle this matter “
by technical means
”, and abandon “
irrelevant political questions
”.