“This time, we gave more details, we provided Iran with a series of examples of sanctions that we believe should be suspended to return to the agreement”, from which former President Donald Trump withdrew Washington , The official told reporters on a new 2015 text for the break in indirect discussions with Tier and other signatories.
“We gave them many examples (…) I think they now have a clear view of what we think are the restrictions that we must suspend and which we will not suspend,” he said.
US officials did not want to confirm or refute information from the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which indicated that the US delegation would have shown interest in lifting sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, based on allegations of terrorism against the financials is. And oil fields. Br.
He limited himself to saying that there was a third category of “difficult cases”: sanctions imposed by the former president were not directly linked to the Iran nuclear program, but with the sole purpose of preventing “Joe Biden” from returning to the pact for.
Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement in 2018 to curb Iran’s ability to make nuclear bombs, and resumed and toughened all US sanctions in the country.
His successor, Joe Biden, said he was ready to return to the deal if Arrow reversed the nuclear sanctions it had initiated to break in response to the sanctions.
Since the beginning of April, indirect negotiations in Vienna have taken place between representatives of states that are still part of the agreement (Iran, China, Russia, France, Germany, United Kingdom), on the one hand, and the United States, on the other. On.
The final session ended on Tuesday and negotiations are scheduled to resume next week.
France, the United Kingdom and Germany on Wednesday welcomed “constructive” talks and “positive participation from all sides”.
“We have made progress, but there is still much to be done,” diplomats from three European countries told the co-signer of the 2015 agreement, “encouraging all parties to seize the diplomatic opportunity”.