The Iranian flag is seen in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters building on May 24, 2021 in Vienna, Austria.
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A senior US State Department official said Iran had abandoned any compromise it had made in previous talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, pocketing all of the agreements. compromises raised by others and further demanded in the indirect US-Iran talks this week.
Iran continues to accelerate its nuclear program in provocative ways, and China and Russia have been surprised how much Iran backed off of its proposals during last week’s talks in Vienna, the official said. name told reporters.
Indirect talks between the US and Iran over saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal broke out on Friday as European officials voiced frustration at the sweeping demands of Iran’s tough new government .
The seventh round of talks in Vienna were the first with delegates sent by Iran’s anti-Western President Ebrahim Raisi on how to restore the agreement under which Iran limited its nuclear program in return for less cuts. economic sanctions.
Iran comes “with proposals to leave anything behind – any compromise that Iran has made here in six rounds of negotiations, pocketing all the compromises that other countries, and especially the US, did, and then asked for more,” the senior US official said.
The US official told reporters he did not know when the next round of talks would resume – other officials have said they would convene again next week – and he stressed the date was less important than the meeting. Iran is ready for serious negotiations.
