TEHRAN, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran said Monday that it waits for U.S. response to the Islamic republic's proposals to address "concerns" in the Vienna nuclear talks, which aim to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said during his weekly press conference the topics of the Vienna talks are "very clear to all."
"We will not agree on anything until we agree on the whole," he was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency.
The exchange of messages between Tehran and Washington is taking place through Enrique Mora, the European Union coordinator for the Vienna talks, he said, adding that "Iran and the P4+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia plus Germany) have done their best and are waiting for a proper response from Washington to address the concerns."
Washington has adopted a "policy of delay," but the atmosphere of Vienna talks is "not negative" right now, Khatibzadeh said, adding it is still a good way to salvage the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
In 2015, Iran signed the JCPOA with world powers, including the United States. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran, including freezing some of Iran's assets abroad, prompting the latter to drop some of its nuclear commitments.
Since April 2021, eight rounds of talks have been held in the Austrian capital between Iran and the remaining JCPOA parties to revive the deal. ■
