The European Union’s coordinator for talks between Iran and world powers over restoring a 2015 nuclear deal will visit Tehran this week, Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday.
“The agenda for talks (with Enrique Mora) in Tehran is nearly finalized,” foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said at a weekly press briefing, APA's Tehran bureau reports.
“He will meet with Ali Bagheri, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator.”
The date of Mora’s arrival in Iran’s capital has not been confirmed, but the local press reported he is expected on Tuesday.
The 2015 deal gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program to guarantee that it could not develop a nuclear weapon, something Tehran has always denied wanting to do.
It was agreed between Iran and the five permanent United Nations Security Council members, China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, alongside Germany.
But the US unilaterally withdrew in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump and reimposed biting economic sanctions, prompting Iran to begin rolling back its own commitments.
Talks in Vienna have over the last year focused on bringing the US back into the deal and lifting its sanctions while ensuring Tehran’s full adherence to its own commitments.
Adversaries for decades, Iran and the US have been engaged in negotiations only indirectly, even while Tehran has negotiated directly with the remaining parties to the deal.
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