Iran responded to the final European proposal: "If the US is serious - we can reach an agreement soon"

Iran responded to the European Union's final draft to save the nuclear deal from 2015. It appears that Iran has not officially accepted the final proposal, yet it has not rejected it outright either.

The Iranian Foreign Minister: "We must respect our red lines, we have shown enough flexibility"

Reuters

08/16/2022

Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 00:36 Updated: 03:03

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On video: statements by Lapid and Macron at the Elysee Palace in France (Photo: Reuters)

Iran responded tonight (Tuesday) to the European Union's final draft to save the nuclear deal from 2015. It seems that Iran did not officially accept the final proposal, but did not reject it outright either.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abd Allahian said yesterday that the United States must show flexibility in order to resolve the three issues that remain in the dispute, and emphasized that if these issues are resolved - an agreement will be reached between Iran and the powers in the coming days.

"If the United States shows a serious approach, we can reach an agreement in a few days," he clarified.

"We told them that we must respect our red lines. We showed enough flexibility. We don't want to reach an agreement that after 40 days, two months, three - won't be realized in practice."

"They can reach an agreement in a few days."

The nuclear talks in Vienna, 2021 (Photo: Reuters, no)

Last week it was reported that the European Union submitted a "final draft" of a nuclear agreement with Iran.

According to the newspaper "Al Mayadin" close to Hezbollah, a final draft was presented during the negotiations held in Vienna two weeks ago, and now the governments involved must decide what to do about it.

A short time later, Iran's official news agency, IRNA, reported that according to a senior source in the Iranian Foreign Ministry, "we have held intensive talks in Vienna for the past four days on controversial issues."

A spokesman for the US State Department said in response that the United States is ready for a quick conclusion of a deal to revive the nuclear agreement with Iran. This is based on the proposals put forward by the European Union. The spokesman, who maintained anonymity, said: "We'll see if Iran is ready to convert words into actions." The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that in recent contacts there has been progress on several issues.

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