Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna. File photoVIENNA, 15 Aug. Russia has never interfered with the restoration of the nuclear deal with Iran and will not do so, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said on Monday. round of negotiations to restore the nuclear deal with Iran. On August 8, the coordinator from the European Union distributed the «final text» of the draft agreement on it. «Russia has never been and will not be an obstacle to the restoration of the JCPOA,» Ulyanov wrote on Twitter when asked whether Russia would accept the draft agreement on the nuclear deal, if so Iran will do the same. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the text of the final agreement on the JCPOA, circulated by the EU foreign policy service, is still being studied, calling for its early adoption is premature, while restarting the agreements on the Iranian nuclear deal is «the only reasonable and effective way, it will restore balance and prevent the escalation of tensions» around Tehran's nuclear program. In 2015, the UK, Germany, China, Russia, the United States, France and Iran signed a JCPOA, which involved the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, the United States under 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. there can be no plans B» for a nuclear deal, the Foreign Ministry said
