Iranian diplomat says there is a partial improvement made in Vienna nuclear talks

Tehran 9th August : A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official has stated that a partial step was made towards solving some of the remaining concerns in the Vienna nuclear talks to revive the nuclear agreement of 2015 according to the news agency IRNA.

The Iranian official said the European Union Deputy foreign policy Chief Enrique Mora on Monday proposed some ideas regarding the issues that remain to the relevant parties based on the most recent discussions.Iran has "conveyed our initial response and ideas when we got the ideas, however, the concepts naturally require thorough research".

The official stated that Tehran will communicate its final thoughts and views to EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, as well as other partners, Xinhua news agency reported.The "main principle" of the Iranian negotiating team is to protect Irans rights and interests the official said adding that the team will ensure that the other parties ensure the satisfaction of the obligations they have under the nuclear agreement and to prevent the repetition of unlawful US actions.

In a report of the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) as the most recent session of the negotiations in Vienna regarding the renewal of the nuclear deal of 2015 ended the Iranian team is expected to return to Tehran in the next few hours.Contacts and consultations between Iran with the European Union and the other sides will continue the ISNA added.

Iran has signed the nuclear agreement officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with world powers in July of 2015, committing to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the elimination of sanctions against the country.However the the former US president Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement and imposed unilateral sanctions against Tehran which prompted the latter to renounce some of its obligations under the agreement.

The talks to revive the JCPOA began in April 2021 in Vienna but were put on hold in March this year due to of the political differences between Tehran and Washington.The new round of talks began on Thursday after an absence of five months.int/khz.