EU flags near the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels. File photoMOSCOW, May 14.The situation around Ukraine is forcing Europe to speed up the conclusion of an agreement with Iran on the JCPOA due to the energy crisis that has arisen, Mohammad Marandi, adviser to the delegation of negotiators from Iran in Vienna, told RIA Novosti. the world market's need for Iranian oil and gas, the constant need for Iranian energy resources,» Marandi said.The UN Secretary General and the Iranian Foreign Minister discussed the talks on the SVPES Another reason for the desire of European countries to conclude an agreement with Tehran, the Iranian adviser called the energy crisis that European countries faced after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In 2015, Great Britain, Germany, China, Russia, the USA, France and Iran concluded 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, 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. Even during the seventh round, in December, the parties reached an agreement on two draft agreements, in which the European side included the positions of Iran. Iranian spokesman Bagheri Kyani said the talks were going well, but US State Department spokesman Ned Price assessed the progress in Vienna as «modest», urging Tehran to take the issue seriously. With the return of the parties to their capitals at the end of March, the negotiations were suspended. The Iranian Foreign Ministry blames the American administration for this.