EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. File photoBRUSSELS, Jul 5The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, called on the participants of the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA) to resolve the issue of restoring the nuclear deal with Iran now and warned against reducing the political space for progress on this issue. «If we want to conclude an agreement, then decisions are needed now, while it is possible. But the political space for the restoration of the JCPOA may shrink in the near future,» Borrell tweeted after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian. jpg» />Ryabkov discussed with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister the negotiations around the JCPOA Previously, the US and Iranian delegations were unable to reach an agreement on the JCPOA during the negotiations held in the capital of Qatar, Doha. 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.
