Iran-U.S. Nuke Talks To Resume 'In A few Days'

Iran's indirect talks with the US on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal will resume soon, the Iranian foreign minister said on Saturday, June 25, 2022, amid a drive by the European Union's top diplomat to break the negotiations' months-long deadlock, Parisa Hafezi reported for Reuters.

Photo Insert: Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian

"We are prepared to resume talks in the coming days. What is important for Iran is to fully receive the economic benefits of the 2015 accord," said, adding that he had held a "long but positive meeting" with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

In March, the EU, which is leading negotiations, invited foreign ministers from the accord's parties to Vienna to clinch an agreement following 11 months of indirect talks between Tehran and President Joe Biden's administration.

However, the talks have since stalled, owing mostly to Tehran's demand that Washington remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its top security organization, from the US Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list.

"We are expected to resume talks in the coming days and break the impasse. It has been three months and we need to accelerate the work. I am very happy about the decision that has been made in Tehran and Washington," Borrell told a televised news conference in Tehran.

Two officials, one Iranian and one European, told Reuters ahead of Borrell's trip that "two issues including one on sanctions remained to be resolved,” comments that Iran's Foreign Ministry has neither confirmed nor denied.

"We agreed on resumption of negotiations between Iran and US in the coming days, facilitated by my team, to solve the last outstanding issues," Borrell tweeted, without specifying the venue. "And the coming days mean coming days. I mean, quickly, immediately."

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