The emblem of the United Nations (UN) on the building of the UN office in Geneva. File photoUN, Jul 5 Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, expressed his concern that the negotiations on the resumption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are not proceeding in a positive manner. In his opinion, the current situation around the JCPOA doesn't look optimistic.The US and Iranian delegations failed to agree on the JCPOA «It is very worrying that the negotiations are not going in a positive way,» said Dujarric. that the parties will be able to continue discussions,» he said. According to him, the UN once again calls on Iran to comply with its obligations under the agreements and those agreements that Tehran has with the IAEA. 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-U.S. 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 were held in Vienna to renew the JCPOA and lift Washington's sanctions against Tehran. In December 2021, 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. The latest round of JCPOA negotiations was held in Doha, Qatar, on June 29-30.
