Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has expressed Tehrans readiness to reach a "good agreement" in order to take full advantage of the economic benefits of the 2015 nuclear agreement and address the potential concerns of the other parties.
"The Islamic Republic stands ready to reach a good deal to take full advantage of the economic benefits of the 2015 deal and remove possible concerns of the other side," Amir-Abdollahian said in a telephone conversation with his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, on Monday.
"Then, Irans nuclear program would be pursued under the JCPOA in exchange for the removal of sanctions," he said, in explaining what a "good agreement" between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries on the fate of the nuclear agreement would look like.
The JCPOA was abandoned in 2018 by then-US president Donald Trump, who then went on to target Irans economy with what he called a "maximum pressure" campaign, which failed to compel Iran to negotiate a "new deal."
Iran and the five remaining parties to the JCPOA - Germany, Britain, France, Russia, and China - began the talks in the Austrian capital in April with the aim of removing the sanctions after the US, under President Joe Biden, voiced its willingness to return to the agreement.
The seventh round of the Vienna talks, the first under Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisis administration, began on November 29 after a five-month pause.
Days into the renewed talks, Iran presented two draft texts which address, separately, the removal of US bans and Irans return to its nuclear commitments under the JCPOA. Tehran also said it was preparing a third draft text on the verification of the sanctions removal.
In the Monday conversation, Amir-Abdollahian also pointed to the positive relations between Tehran and Oman and the will of the two countries to strengthen their bilateral ties as well as regional and international cooperation.
The top Omani diplomat, for his part, referred to Muscats support for the Vienna talks.
He further said that Irans emphasis on seriousness and diligence in concluding the discussions causes optimism and that Oman has always been consulting in this regard.
Since the beginning of the Vienna talks in April, the three European parties to the deal have pressed Iran to return to full compliance with its nuclear obligations under the JCPOA, ignoring the fact that the talks are aimed at bringing the US - the only party that left the deal - back into the deal by removing its anti-Iran sanctions.
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