I see progress in Iran nuclear talks, US official
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The United States said yesterday it had seen possible progress in talks with Iran. However, the US joined European negotiators to press for urgency in rolling back Tehran’s nuclear Program.
The negotiations resumed on December 27 in the Austrian capital Vienna in a new attempt to revive a landmark 2015 agreement that curtailed Iran’s nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief.
The US State Department spokesman Ned Price said there may have been some modest progress.
“But it is in some ways too soon to say how substantive that progress may have been. At a minimum any progress, we believe, is falling short of Iran’s accelerating nuclear steps and is far too slow.”
The US president Joe Biden showed interest to return to the agreement on condition of Iran’s compliance to its own commitments.
On the other hand, Iran gives priority the lift of sanctions and the return of Washington to the agreement.
Iranian officials said the negotiations are on a good track.
“With the goodwill and seriousness from the other parties, we can consider (reaching) a quick agreement in the near future,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said.
Earlier, a top European Union diplomat said that nuclear talks with Iran will resume Thursday in Vienna.