Iran: EU proposal to resume compliance with Iran nuclear deal 'acceptable'

　　Iran is evaluating the "final text" proposed by the European Union to resume implementation of the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue.

Iranian media reported on the 12th that Iran "acceptable" this text on the premise of ensuring that key demands can be met.

　　An Iranian diplomat familiar with the process of resuming negotiations on the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal told the Islamic Republic of Iran news agency that Iran was evaluating the "final text" submitted by the European Union.

"If (the EU's) proposal provides assurances to Iran on issues such as security guarantees, sanctions and guarantees to the agreement, Iran can accept it."

　　Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said on the 8th that the EU has submitted a "final text" to the parties involved in the resumption of negotiations on the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, and expects all parties to make a political decision on this text.

　　Nearly five months later, negotiations on the resumption of the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal resumed in Vienna, the capital of Austria, on the 4th. Negotiators from Iran and the United States had indirect talks.

After 4 days of negotiations, the EU submitted the "final text".

　　A senior EU official told Reuters that the parties to the Iran nuclear deal had been negotiating for a long time to reach a consensus and that no further changes could be made to the text.

He said he hoped the parties would make a final decision within weeks.

　　The Wall Street Journal earlier reported, citing a European diplomat as a source, that the EU's "final text" had made "significant compromises."

　　In order to facilitate the resumption of the implementation of the agreement between the United States and Iran, the relevant parties to the Iran nuclear agreement have held several rounds of negotiations in Vienna since April last year.

Talks were suspended in March due to "external factors".

Coordinated by the European Union, Iranian and U.S. negotiators held indirect talks in the Qatari capital Doha at the end of June without progress.

　　Reuters reported that the difficulty in achieving a breakthrough in the negotiations was mainly due to Iran's insistence on the United States to remove Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the list of terrorist organizations designated by the United States.

In addition, Iran is seeking assurances to avoid a repeat of the U.S. unilaterally withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and then reimposing sanctions on Iran.

But Reuters pointed out that U.S. President Joseph Biden could not provide such an "iron guarantee."

　　The U.S. government previously said that the U.S. side is ready and willing to "quickly" reach a consensus on resuming implementation of the Iran nuclear deal on the basis of EU proposals.

　　In July 2015, Iran reached a nuclear deal with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.

Under the deal, Iran pledged to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions by the United Nations, the United States and the European Union.

In May 2018, the U.S. government unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, and restarted and added a series of sanctions against Iran.

Since May 2019, Iran has gradually suspended the implementation of some of the terms of the agreement, but promised that the measures taken are "reversible".

　　The U.S. government on Monday named a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of conspiring to kill John Bolton, a former U.S. national security aide to the U.S. president, but argued that this should not affect talks to resume implementation of the Iran nuclear deal.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani rebuked the U.S. statement on the 12th.

In his social media posts, he called Bolton a "outdated but famous terrorist" and thought it was ridiculous that Americans "made up stories" for him.

　　Bolton admitted in an interview with US media in July that he had been involved in planning coups in other countries.

On July 16, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a new list of Americans who supported the anti-government organization "People's Mujahideen" and imposed sanctions on Bolton and other 61 people.