Yesterday, Thursday, the US State Department revealed that there are few outstanding issues in the nuclear talks with Iran, and at the same time it talked about tactical differences with Israel in this aspect.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said that a small number of issues are still pending within the nuclear talks with Iran, stressing that the burden of making decisions and resolving these issues falls on Tehran.
Price explained that Washington has "tactical, not strategic, differences with Israel regarding Iran."
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken traveled to Israel earlier this week.
It is noteworthy that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian revealed a month ago that the signing of the nuclear agreement between the major powers and Iran is very close.
The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization also announced that it had reached an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency to resolve issues related to the nuclear program, as part of efforts to revive the 2015 agreement, from which the United States withdrew in 2018.
bad faith
In a related context, the Iranian Foreign Ministry considered the new US sanctions imposed on Tehran a new indication of Washington's bad faith towards the Iranian people.
Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the United States continues to violate a UN resolution related to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, despite saying it wanted to revive the accord.
Zadeh accused the US administration of continuing what he called its failed policy of exerting maximum pressure on Iran.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the United States imposed sanctions on a procurement agent in Iran and its subsidiaries for their role in supporting Tehran's ballistic missile program.
The sanctions target Iranian businessman Mohammad Ali Hosseini and his "network of companies" for purchasing materials related to ballistic missile fuel for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
The sanctions also included Parchin Chemical Industries, a part of Iran's military industries.
The US Treasury said that the new sanctions come after the Iranian missile attack on Erbil (Northern Iraq) on March 13, and the Houthi group's attack on the Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia on March 25.
US Treasury Undersecretary Brian Nelson said the new sanctions reinforce Washington's commitment to preventing Iran from developing and using advanced ballistic missiles.
It is noteworthy that Iran claimed a missile attack on Erbil, and said that it targeted a building of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad).