Iran’s Deputy FM Calls Vienna JCPOA Meeting ‘Constructive’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An emergency meeting with parties to the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers was “constructive”, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said.
“The atmosphere was constructive. Discussions were good. I cannot say that we resolved everything, I can say there are lots of commitments,” Araqchi told reporters after the meeting in Vienna on Sunday, Reuters reported.
“As we have said, we will continue to reduce our commitments to the deal until Europeans secure Iran’s interests under the deal,” he added.
Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China met Iran in Vienna on Sunday to discuss how to save the agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
The joint commission of the JCPOA was chaired by the EU foreign policy service’s Secretary General Helga Schmid.
In May 2018, US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the JCPOA.
Iran and the remaining parties launched talks to save the JCPOA after the US withdrawal, but the three EU parties to the deal (France, Britain, and Germany) have failed to ensure Iran’s economic interests.
The EU’s inaction forced Tehran to stop honoring certain commitments to the nuclear deal, including a rise in the stockpile of enriched uranium.
Iran maintains that the new measures are not designed to harm the JCPOA but to save the accord by creating a balance in the commitments.