Iran rules out tentative deal in JCPOA talks

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry ruled out the possibility of striking any interim agreement in the talks on the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
In comments at a weekly presser on Monday, Nasser Kanaani said Iran would not by any means consider signing a temporary agreement in the course of the talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal and lifting the sanctions on Tehran, Report informs via Tasnim.

“What we consider is the return of all parties to the JCPOA,” he underlined.

His comments came a few days after Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi paid a visit to Tehran, held talks with Iranian officials, and issued a joint statement with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).

The parties also discussed the resumption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Nuclear Program. According to the IAEA, Iran has agreed to allow agency experts to monitor its facilities.

In January, the agency's experts visited the Iranian Fordo plant and found that the Iranian authorities had not declared a change in the operation of two cascades of IR-6 centrifuges enriching uranium up to 60%. In addition, experts concluded that Iran has achieved uranium enrichment to 84% - this level is close to what is needed to create a nuclear bomb.

The JCPOA was signed by Iran, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, the United States and Germany in 2015. In exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Iran, it was supposed to limit the Iranian nuclear program. As part of the agreement, Iran allowed IAEA inspectors to visit nuclear facilities, and most of Iran's enriched uranium had to be exported abroad. In 2018, US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal, and again imposed sanctions on Iran. Negotiations with Tehran on the nuclear deal resumed almost immediately after President Joe Biden came to power in the United States.