Iran to Resume JCPOA Negotiations in Vienna on Nov 29 - Iranian Deputy FM
19:06 GMT 03.11.2021 (Updated: 16:57 GMT 31.07.2023)
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Earlier Wednesday, Ali Shamkhani, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, warned Washington that the outcome of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiations with Tehran will be "clear," unless the US is "ready to give some guarantees."
Following a Wednesday call with the European Union's Enrique Mora, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri took to social media to announce that JCPOA negotiations are set to resume on November 29 in Vienna, Austria.
Bagheri noted that Tehran will be seeking the removal of "unlawful and inhumane sanctions" placed on Iran.
در تماس تلفنی با آقای انریکه مورا، آغاز مذاکرات با هدف لغو تحریمهای غیرقانونی و غیرانسانی، در روز ۸ آذرماه در وین مورد موافقت قرار گرفت. https://t.co/1pj3TqtZVn
— علی باقریکنی (@Bagheri_Kani) November 3, 2021
US Department of State spokesperson Ned Price told reporters on Wednesday that US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley has been appointed to lead US participation during the November 29 talks.
The State Department communicated that it is confident that it can quickly reach an understanding regarding a mutual return to compliance with the JCPOA.
Price added that the US is hoping Iran is coming ready to negotiate "quickly and in good faith as well."
The concrete date puts an end to months of speculation over whether the two nations would abandon stalled negotiations on whether both Washington and Tehran would rejoin the international nuclear pact, and the removal of sanctions on Iran, one of the world's biggest oil extractors.
In May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the JCPOA - also known as the Iran nuclear deal - and reimposed sanctions that crippled the Iranian economy. Soon after, Tehran also abandoned its commitments under the agreement.
Negotiations between the two nations initially kicked off in April, but stalled in June.
European External Action Service (EEAS) Deputy Secretary General Enrique Mora and Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi wait for the start of talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in Vienna, Austria June 20, 2021
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Being that Iran, following consultations with a number of entities - including China, has agreed to return to negotiations, it is now a question of how Tehran and Washington will make concessions.
While the US, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have said that Iran must return to the agreement before sanctions are lifted, Tehran has demanded that Washington lift its sanctions before Iran resumes its JCPOA commitments.
