On Wednesday, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel the US is continuing to work through negotiations to try to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, but reiterated that “Iran’s response did not put us in a position to close the deal.” Iran dismissed the IAEA motion as “politicized,” and responded by removing surveillance cameras at key sites in response – depriving negotiators of up-to-date information on the country’s uranium enrichment program. In June, the IAEA’s Board of Governors censured Iran and called for explanations on why uranium particles were found at three undeclared sites in 2019. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said last month that “Iran needs to answer the IAEA’s questions,” adding that “our position is not going to change.” Grossi said that unless “Iran provides technically credible explanations for the presence of the uranium particles” the IAEA will not be “in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful,” according to the report. Rafael Grossi, the head of the IAEA, is “increasingly concerned” that “there has been no progress” towards resolving the issue, according to a restricted report to member states, which said that “Iran has not engaged with the agency on the outstanding safeguards issues during this reporting period.” However, a separate US senior administration official suggested last month that Iran had accepted the EU proposal – described by Borrell as the “final text” – without making demands regarding the investigation. Iranian officials had repeatedly said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) probe would need to be closed before they would return to the deal. “If the process does not converge, the whole process is in danger,” he said.Īccording to a US senior administration official, Iran in its latest response reopened the issue of the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigation into undeclared uranium traces found at Iranian sites. “The last interaction is not converging, it is diverging,” Borrell said, calling it “very much worrisome.” Iran's response to nuclear deal 'not constructive,' US State Department says Borrell flew in to Tehran on Friday night for a surprise visit aimed at getting the talks back on track three months after they stalled in March amid differences between Iran and the United States. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell met Iran's top diplomat today after arriving for talks on efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) meets Josep Borell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (R), and Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora (2nd-R) at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran on June 25, 2022.
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