Talks on the return by Iran and the United States to compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear accord “are not going well” in the sense that the United States does not yet have a path back into the deal, the US national security adviser said on Friday according to Reuters.
“Jake Sullivan, speaking on a webinar, also said the United States has conveyed through European negotiators to Iran its “alarm” over Tehran’s “forward progress” in its nuclear program,” the report said.
Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani announced that talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is on pause now for a "few days" after Friday’s meeting in Vienna.
This was the seventh round of the indirect talks between Washington and Tehran on bringing both sides back into full compliance with the deal.
Former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018, deeming it insufficient to shut down projects with bomb-making potential. Iran denies seeking nuclear arms, but has breached the deal with expanded uranium enrichment.
US President Joe Biden has sought a return to the JCPOA, but Iran’s requests and changing of stances have prevented the parties from reaching an agreement.
