View of Tehran, Iran. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 13 The US does not believe that the Iran atom deal is «already dead»: it is viable and it is in Tehran's interest to return to it, US First Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Tuesday.<
«I don't think this deal is dead,» Sherman said at a panel discussion at the International Student House.
As a senior US diplomat stressed, the deal with Iran is “viable and Tehran should say yes to it. «will not last forever».
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 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 were held in Doha, Qatar, on June 29-30. Iranian Foreign Ministry
