VIENNA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The European Union has put forward a final text of the draft decision on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Russia's chief negotiator to the Iran nuclear talks Mikhail Ulyanov said on Monday.
Ulyanov, who is also Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, tweeted that "the participants in the Vienna talks now need to decide if the draft is acceptable for them. In case of no objection, the nuclear deal will be restored."
The Vienna talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), resumed in the Austrian capital last week after a five-month hiatus.
Iran signed the nuclear deal with world powers in July 2015, agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for the removal of U.S.-led sanctions. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran, prompting the latter to drop some of its commitments under the pact.
The marathon talks on reviving the JCPOA began in April 2021 in Vienna, but were suspended in March this year due to political differences between Tehran and Washington. ■
