Iran Press/ Iran News: After weeks of intensive diplomatic consultations, the eighth round of Vienna negotiations to remove the unlawful sanctions, which had been begun on December 27, 2021, was entered a break on Monday, February 07.
The talks will resume on February 8 in Vienna, the Deputy EU foreign policy chief Enrique Mora said on Monday.
"Continuing maximum pressure against Iran, current US administration has so far tried to meet the goals that Trump failed to achieve through bullying," Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani tweeted.
"With this Washington's illusions, the path to negotiations will not be smooth," Secretary of SNSC noted.
A US senior official said the US State Department is waiving sanctions on Iran's civilian nuclear program in a technical step necessary to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement.
The resumption of the waiver, ended by the Donald Trump administration in 2020, "would be essential to ensuring Iran's swift compliance" if a new deal on controlling Tehran's nuclear program can be reached in talks in Vienna, the State Department official said.
The waiver allows other countries and companies to participate in Iran's civilian nuclear program without triggering US sanctions on them, in the name of promoting safety and on-proliferation.
Iran has repeatedly stated that, given that the US has been a violator of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Washington must return to the agreement with the lifting of sanctions and that the fulfillment of US obligations needs to be verified.
The spokesman for the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs also said: "Naturally, the Islamic Republic of Iran is waiting for the United States to fulfill its duties and obligations regarding the lifting of sanctions in JCPOA."
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also called the US' move inadequate.
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