MOSCOW, Feb 7At the talks in Vienna on a nuclear deal with Iran, there is no talk of working out an agreement like a JCPOA + (Joint Comprehensive Plan for the Iranian Nuclear Program) or a new replacement deal, the director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Foreign Ministry said in an interview with RIA Novosti RF Vladimir Yermakov.» It is worth noting that the goal of the ongoing negotiations in the Vienna format, in which Russia, China, Iran, European partners, as well as representatives of the United States, was and remains the full restoration of the implementation of the JCPOA on the conditions and in the parameters that were agreed in 2015 and enshrined in UN Security Council Resolution 2231. There should be no deviations from this line,» Yermakov said. about safety scenarios in case multilateral efforts to revive the action plan fail,” added a senior diplomat. In Vienna, Negotiations are currently underway to renew the JCPOA and lift Washington's sanctions. The eighth round started on December 27, and the negotiators paused on January 28 to consult with the capitals. Negotiations are expected to resume this week. Against this background, the State Department told RIA Novosti that Washington had decided to reinstate the previously canceled exemptions from the sanctions against Iran's nuclear program. At the same time, it was noted that Washington does not consider this step as a concession to Tehran.Yesterday, 13:15 Political scientist proposed a solution to the problem of restoring the JCPOA In 2015, Great Britain, Germany, China, Russia, the USA, France and Iran signed a nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA), which involved the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and reinstated sanctions against Tehran. In response, Iran announced a phased reduction in its obligations under the agreement, abandoning restrictions on nuclear research, centrifuges and the level of uranium enrichment. Earlier, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, did not rule out that if negotiations in Vienna on the restoration of the JCPOA continue at the same pace, before the end of February, the parties can reach an agreement. After that, it may take about two more months to prepare for the resumption of the nuclear deal, so it could be fully operational by April, at which time the oil embargo against Iran could already be lifted.
January 21, 17:14 Blinken said there are opportunities to restore the JCPOA
