Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Advance As U.S. Offers Sanctions Relief © christian bruna/Shutterstock
The Biden administration has signaled it is open to easing sanctions against critical elements of Iran’s economy, including oil and finance, helping narrow differences in nuclear talks, according to people familiar with the matter
Despite the progress, senior diplomats warned that weeks of difficult negotiations over the 2015 nuclear agreement lie ahead and progress remains fragile. Talks in Vienna are complicated by domestic politics in Washington and Tehran and by Iran’s refusal to meet directly with the U.S.
President Biden wants to return to the 2015 deal after former President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018. The U.S. decision to quit the deal and impose sweeping sanctions on Iran prompted Tehran to breach many of the key restrictions in the accord, making a return to the agreement’s provisions and limits difficult for both sides.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday. Reuters
TEHRAN: Iran warned on Tuesday it will start enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, two days after an explosion it blamed on Israel damaged its enrichment plant in Natanz.
The announcement cast a shadow over ongoing multinational talks in Vienna aimed at salvaging the tattered 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
Tehran has written to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency to announce “that Iran will start 60 percent enrichment,” the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Such a move would bring Iran closer to the 90 percent purity threshold for military use. Under the nuclear deal, Iran had committed to keep enrichment to 3.67 percent. The news came two days after an explosion knocked out power at Iran’s main nuclear facility of Natanz in central Iran which Iran blamed on its arch-enemy Israel and labelled an act of “terrorism”.
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