US says Iran talks at urgent point, few weeks to get deal

US says Iran talks at urgent point, few weeks to get deal

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Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna

The White House publicly pressured Iran on Wednesday to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement quickly, saying that it will be impossible to return to the accord if a deal is not struck within weeks.

โ€œOur talks with Iran have reached an urgent point,โ€ White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, noting that the U.S. special envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, has returned to Vienna for indirect talks with Iran on both sides resuming compliance with the pact.
โ€œA deal that addresses the core concerns of all sides is in sight, but if itโ€™s not reached in the coming weeks Iranโ€™s ongoing nuclear advances will make it impossible for us to return to the JCPOA,โ€ she said, referring to the deal by the acronym for its official name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Psakiโ€™s comments echoed those of a senior U.S. State Department official who told reporters on Jan. 31 that โ€œwe only have a handful of weeks leftโ€ to revive the agreement.
Under the accord, Iran restricted its nuclear program to make it harder to obtain the fissile material to make a bomb, an ambition that Tehran denies. In return, the United States and other nations eased sanctions that have crippled Iranโ€™s economy.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the deal in 2018, arguing that it had failed to stop Iranโ€™s support for regional proxies and gave Tehran too much sanctions relief for the nuclear restrictions. He then restored U.S. sanctions, prompting Iran to begin violating the dealโ€™s nuclear limits a year later.

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