EU puts forward new draft text to revive Iran nuclear deal

Excessive Consultant of the European Union for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage Josep Borrell attends a joint information convention, in Tehran, Iran June 25, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia Information Company) through REUTERS

July 26 (Reuters) – The European Union’s overseas coverage chief mentioned on Tuesday he has proposed a brand new draft textual content to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying there isn’t a room left for additional main compromises.

“I’ve now placed on the desk a textual content that addresses, in exact element, the sanctions lifting in addition to the nuclear steps wanted to revive the JCPOA,” the European Union’s Josep Borrell wrote in an essay within the Monetary Occasions. He was referring to the 2015 deal referred to as the Joint Complete Plan of Motion.

“After 15 months of intense, constructive negotiations in Vienna and numerous interactions with the JCPOA individuals and the U.S., I’ve concluded that the house for extra vital compromises has been exhausted,” he added.

Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator, confirmed Borrell had put forth a brand new proposal, including on Twitter, “We, too, have our personal concepts, each in substance & type, to conclude the negotiations which might be shared.”

U.S. State Division spokesman Ned Worth advised reporters that Washington was reviewing the “draft understanding” Borrell shared with Iran and different events to the 2015 deal and would reply on to the EU.

Borrell didn’t present particulars about his proposal, however he steered – as many Western officers have earlier than – that point was operating out to revive the deal underneath which Iran restricted its nuclear program in return for aid from financial sanctions.

“It’s now time for swift political choices to conclude the Vienna negotiations on the premise of my proposed textual content and to right away return to a completely applied JCPOA,” he wrote. “If the deal is rejected, we threat a harmful nuclear disaster, set towards the prospect of elevated isolation for Iran and its folks.”

Below the nuclear pact, Tehran restricted its uranium enrichment program, a possible pathway to nuclear weapons, although Iran says it seeks solely civilian atomic power, in change for aid from financial sanctions.

In 2018, then-U.S. President Donald Trump deserted the deal, calling it too smooth on Iran, and reimposed harsh U.S. sanctions, spurring Tehran to start breaching the nuclear limits within the pact a few 12 months later.

Reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Dubai and Arshad Mohammed in Saint Paul, Minn.; Writing by Arshad Mohammed; Modifying by Leslie Adler

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