On Monday, Iran accused the United States of dragging its feet in efforts to resurrect the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers. Washington rejected this accusation and claimed that a deal was closer than two weeks ago as a result of apparent Iranian flexibility.
After 16 months of intermittent, indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran, during which time EU representatives alternated between the two sides, a senior EU official announced on August 8 that the EU had made a final offer and anticipated hearing back in "very, very few weeks."
The UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has found that Iran is now using machines that allow it to switch more easily between uranium enrichment levels.
As per a Reuters report quoting Iranian media, in a bid to break the months-long impasse in negotiations to reinstate the 2015 nuclear pact, Qatar will now host indirect talks between Iran and the United States. Robert Malley, the United States' special envoy for Iran, was scheduled to meet with the Qatari foreign minister on Monday, according to a source briefed on the trip, reports Reuters.
Iranian lawmakers set conditions for revival of nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by US Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian state media report