Iranian diplomat holds 'constructive' talks in US on JCPOA

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi says that he had 'constructive' talks in the United States regarding the JCPOA revival negotiations.

"On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, I had a frank and constructive conversation with [European Union's deputy foreign policy chief Enrique Mora] Enrique Mora," Takht Ravanchi wrote on X.

The senior Iranian diplomat added that their conversation was mainly focused on the issues related to negotiations on lifting sanctions and reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran is ready to do its share with good faith and address concerns and mutual interests through honorable diplomacy, he added.

The JCPOA was signed in 2015 between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. Former US President Donald Trump illegally pulled out of the deal in 2018 while the current US President, Joe Biden, has signaled that he is ready to resurrect the agreement.

Russia, the UK, Germany, China, the US, and France have been in talks with Iran since April 2021 to reinstate the deal.

The talks to salvage the JCPOA kicked off in the Austrian capital of Vienna in April 2021, with the intention of examining Washington’s seriousness in rejoining the deal and removing anti-Iran sanctions.

The negotiations have been at a standstill since August due to Washington’s insistence on its hard-nosed position of not removing all the sanctions that were slapped on the Islamic Republic by the previous US administration. Iran maintains it is necessary for the other side to offer some guarantees that it will remain committed to any agreement that is reached.