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Iran says initial nuclear talks with world powers 'constructive'
Iran and the world powers still party to a 2015 nuclear deal will meet again in Vienna on Friday as attempts to return the United States to the landmark accord intensify.https://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-initial-nuclear-talks-065028546.html
Video Transcript
- A "constructive and welcome step" was how the US described the first day of indirect talks with Iran. Officials from five world powers-- Russia, China, Germany, France, and Britain-- met with Iran at Austria's Grand Vienna Hotel. European officials have been shuttling between there and the Imperial Hotel across the road where US officials are saying. They're attempting to bring the US back to the 2015 nuclear deal they'd signed with Iran.
NED PRICE: We do see this as a constructive and certainly welcome step. And in the end, we hope that we are able to leave Vienna, return to the United States-- our negotiating team I should say-- with a better understanding, of a roadmap for how we get to that end state-- mutual compliance. - Donald Trump described the 2015 agreement as "the worst deal in history" and pulled out in 2018. Trump had then reimposed UN sanctions, with additional US sanctions on Tehran.
In February, Biden rescinded UN sanctions, but he hasn't gone as far as lifting US sanctions, saying they'll only happen once Iran is compliant with the 2015 nuclear deal. Since then, Iran has been violating the terms of the deal and was reported to have reached 12 times the levels permitted of enriched uranium stockpile. But Iran now also agrees the negotiations are on the right path.
ALI RABIEI: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
INTERPRETER: We find this position realistic and promising. It could be the start of correcting the bad process that has taken diplomacy to a dead end. We welcome these comments. - Not long after Tuesday's Vienna meeting had concluded, there were reports that an Iranian ship was damaged by a mine in the Red Sea. State media says the vessel was supporting Iranian commanders sent to escort commercial ships.
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