Iran confirmed on Tuesday that it has responded to a proposal submitted by the European Union as part of efforts to revive an agreement on its nuclear program, while Brussels confirmed that it is subject to consultations between it and interested parties, primarily Washington.
The European Union, the facilitator of negotiations to revive the agreement from which the US unilaterally withdrew four years ago, presented a “final” settlement proposal last week, urging Tehran and Washington to respond, hoping to complete the ongoing negotiations. year and a half ago.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has submitted its written response to the text proposed by the European Union and announced that an agreement will be reached if the American response is realistic and flexible,” Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported.
For his part, the press secretary of the EU foreign minister, Josep Borrell, confirmed in Brussels that Tehran’s response is being studied.
“We received Iran’s response last night,” he told AFP. “We are studying it and consulting with the other parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the United States on ways forward.”
An agreement between Tehran and six major international powers, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, allowed for the lifting of sanctions on the Islamic Republic in exchange for reducing its nuclear activities and ensuring the peace of its program. However, the United States unilaterally withdrew from it during the era of its former president, Donald Trump, by re-imposing sanctions on Iran, which in response began to backtrack on most of its commitments. For his part, US State Department spokesman Ned Price declined on Monday evening to say whether his country agreed with the proposed European text.
And he stressed during a press conference that Washington “will contact Borrell, as he asked about it.”
