US Department of State building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, May 13.The United States urges Iran to decide whether it is interested in quickly restoring the nuclear deal, and believes that an agreement on this issue is still not guaranteed, a senior State Department official told RIA Novosti. «At the moment, the deal is still not guaranteed. Iran needs to decide whether he will insist on non-related terms and whether he wants to quickly reach an agreement that, as we believe, would be in the interests of all parties, «said the representative of the American diplomatic service, commenting on the progress of negotiations on the restoration of the deal on the Iranian atom .The UN Secretary General and the Iranian Foreign Minister discussed negotiations on the JCPOA. According to the diplomat, the United States and its partners «are ready for this, and for a long time.» «Now it's up to Iran,» the source said. In 2015, the United Kingdom, 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 the nuclear program Iran. 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 progressing well, but US State Department spokesman Ned Price described the progress in Vienna as «modest,» urging Tehran to take the issue seriously. Since the parties returned to their capitals in late March, talks have been suspended. The Iranian Foreign Ministry blames the US administration for this.
