by Reuters
Iran continues to accelerate its nuclear program in provocative ways and China and Russia were taken aback at how far Iran had walked back its proposals in last week's talks in Vienna.
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Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service
(EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani
wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in
Vienna, Austria, December 3, 2021.
(photo credit: EU DELEGATION IN VIENNA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
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Iran walked back any compromises it made in previous talks on
reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, pocketed all compromises made by others
and asked for more during indirect US-Iranian talks this week, a senior State Department official said on Saturday.
Iran
continues to accelerate its nuclear program in provocative ways and
China and Russia were taken aback at how far Iran had walked back its
proposals in last week's talks in Vienna, the official told reporters on
condition of anonymity.
The
indirect US-Iranian talks on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal broke
off on Friday as European officials voiced dismay on at sweeping demands
by Iran's new, hardline government.
The seventh round of talks in Vienna is the first with delegates sent by Iran's anti-Western President Ebrahim Raisi on how to resuscitate the agreement under which Iran limited its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions.
Iran
came "with proposals that walked back anything - any of the compromises
Iran had floated here in the six rounds of talks, pocket all of the
compromises that others, and the US in particular, had made, and then
asked for more," the senior US official said.
A
general view of Palais Coburg, the site of a meeting of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Vienna, Austria, November 29,
2021. (credit: REUTERS/LISI NIESNER)
The
US official told reporters he did not know when the next round of talks
would resume - other officials had said they would reconvene next week -
and he stressed the date was less important than Iran's willingness to
negotiate seriously.
Reuters
Source: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/iran-walks-back-all-prior-concessions-in-nuclear-proposals-687838
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