The United States confirmed that it was working as quickly as possible to provide an appropriate response to Iran's proposals on the nuclear deal, and the International Atomic Energy Agency said it would not end investigations in Iran according to a political agreement.

After Iranian accusations of procrastination in the United States, State Department spokesman Ned Price said, "We are working as quickly as possible to provide an appropriate response to the Iranian paper. We want this process to be as thorough and accurate as it needs to be an important issue. We returned to the European Union."

Speaking to reporters, Price added that the nuclear agreement is now closer than it was two weeks ago, stressing that there are outstanding issues.

The US State Department spokesman also said that the investigations conducted by the Atomic Energy Agency are a fundamental and not a political issue, and that Tehran must respond to the agency's questions, stressing that his country's position in this regard will not change.

Price explained that Washington noticed an increase in the number of attacks targeting its allies, interests, personnel and facilities after its withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear agreement, at a rate of 400%, considering that the maximum pressure campaign failed to compel Iran to retreat from its nuclear activities and its support for "terrorist groups."

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On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Washington was procrastinating in responding to the Iranian proposals, and that it was responsible for the current situation in the negotiations.

Kanaani added that his country has not yet received the American response, pointing out that Tehran's response to the European proposal was timely and seriously.

On the other hand, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Iran's response to the European proposal was reasonable, noting that a meeting is likely to be held this week in Vienna on reviving the nuclear deal.

The Russian envoy to the Vienna negotiations, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that he met the new permanent representative of Iran to international organizations in Vienna, Mohsen Naziri, adding that Iran had made reasonable proposals, and expressed his hope that Washington would not delay in responding.

International Atomic Energy Agency

In turn, the Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, revealed that the agency will not finish the nuclear investigations in Iran, and that this will not happen without an appropriate process, and said, "The claim that we will stop politically from doing our work is unacceptable to us."

Grossi added in an interview with CNN that the key to the issue lies in Iran's cooperation with the agency, providing the necessary answers and information, and facilitating access to people and places so that the agency can clarify the issues that need to be met, as he put it.