Iran said on Sunday that European countries had failed to offer constructive proposals to help to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, after Britain said there was still time for Tehran to save it but that this was the last chance.
Talks have resumed in Vienna to try to revive the nuclear pact, with both sides trying to gauge the prospects of success after the latest exchanges in the stop-start negotiations.
"European parties fail to come up with any initiatives to resolve differences over the removal of sanctions ," Iran's top negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said, according to Iran's state-run Press TV. He was referring to Britain, France and Germany, which are among the major powers trying to salvage the deal.
Speaking after meetings with her counterparts from G7 countries in Liverpool, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Iran had resumed the talks with a position that set the negotiations back six months. Under an original deal that then-U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018, Iran limited its nuclear programme in return for relief from U.S., European Union and U.N. sanctions.
The current round of talks in Vienna follow a pause of five months after the election of hardliner Ebrahim Raisi as Iran's president.Raisi said on Saturday that Tehran was serious in its nuclear talks in Vienna.Reporting by Dubai Newsroom and William James Editing by Gareth Jones and Jane MerrimanSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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