Iranian flags on a street in Tehran. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 30The US is confident that new sanctions on Iran will not jeopardize the ongoing talks on Iran's nuclear program because the two are «unrelated,» White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield told reporters on Wednesday. «No, not at all,» — Bedingfield said at a briefing, answering a question about whether the White House fears that the restrictions imposed against the Islamic Republic could undermine the negotiation process with Tehran. «In reality, these sanctions are not related to the Iranian nuclear deal. They only demonstrate what what we have always said is that we will hold Iran accountable for expanding its missile program and proxy activities … This will remain in place regardless of whether we return to the nuclear deal or not, «added a senior US administration official .Earlier in the afternoon, US authorities imposed sanctions on one Iranian citizen and four Iranian companies. The restrictions were imposed on the basis of US laws on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
It takes several days to reach an agreement on the JCPOA, Ryabkov said in 2015, the UK, Germany, China, Russia, the United States, France and Iran signed a nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (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. Negotiations are underway in Vienna to renew the JCPOA and lift Washington's sanctions against Tehran, on December 27, 2021, the eighth round started.
Negotiations on the renewal of the JCPOA have reached the finish line, Lavrov said
