Iran Press/ Middle East: Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said on Thursday (29 December) that the US set new conditions in JCPOA negotiations.
Eslami also said that the US is sending different messages expressing readiness for the continuation of talks.
Meanwhile, both US and Israeli officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, have recently made comments that there are indications that the Biden administration has not fully closed the door to finalizing a full nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.
"Yisrael Hayom" an Israeli website reported on Monday that the Biden administration has continued “subtle contact” with Iran and might explore a limited nuclear deal."
The website claimed that over the weekend inquired about the matter with the US State Department before its report.
According to a State Department spokesperson, the US has various methods of communication with Iran on issues but would not provide further details.
The spokesperson claimed that the JCPOA has not been in the picture since September, following the protests in Iran in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini in September.
However, the spokesperson would not respond to a question on whether the US is maintaining any form of talks on a nuclear deal that is not the complete return to the JCPOA deal.
According to the report, in the past, US President Joe Biden was considering a restricted version of the JCPOA involving partial sanctions relief in exchange for the cessation of uranian enrichment.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Oman talks on 28 December 2022 recalled that the window of the nuclear negotiations would not remain open forever.
Iran's international nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed between the country and the P5+1 group, including Russia, China, the UK, France, the US, and Germany) in 2015, but the US withdrew from the agreement on May 18, 2018, re-imposing more sanctions on Iran.
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