Iranian flags on a street in Tehran. File photoMOSCOW, June 8The Iranian side has submitted a new proposal to the US establishment for the resumption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program, Islamic Republic Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Wednesday. that they can choose one of two proposals (the first is discussed at the talks in Vienna, the second is a new package of proposals presented two days ago). We prefer the diplomatic and political path,» ISNA quoted Abdollahian as saying. At the same time, the Iranian diplomat did not clarified the content of the new package of proposals. In 2015, the UK, Germany, China, Russia, the United States, France and Iran concluded a nuclear deal — the 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, waiving restrictions on nuclear research, centrifuges and the level of uranium enrichment. The IAEA adopted a resolution on IranIn Vienna, negotiations were held 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 US administration for this.
