China News Agency, Washington, August 24 (Reporter Sha Hanting) US State Department spokesperson Price issued a statement on the 24th local time, saying that the United States has completed the "final text" of the draft comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue proposed by the European Union and the Iranian side. Review of the response and have submitted the US response to the EU.

　　Price did not disclose the specific content of the US response in the statement.

　　Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Qanani said on the same day that the European Union had handed over the United States' response to the draft nuclear deal to Iran.

The Iranian side has begun to carefully review the US response, and will give feedback to the EU coordinator after full study.

　　In an interview with US media on the same day, Price said that Iran canceled some of the previously made demands in this reply, "We are one step closer to an agreement, but we are not there yet."

　　The Associated Press believes that although the United States and Iran have made progress, there are still "difficulties" before a final agreement is reached.

The Biden administration faces pressure from Democrats and Republicans to return to the Iran nuclear deal.

There is also a certain gap between the sanctions waivers requested by Iran and what the United States is willing to provide.

　　On the 8th of this month, the EU submitted a "final text" on the resumption of the implementation of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement to the negotiating parties related to the resumption of the implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement.

The Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency reported on the 16th that Iran has responded to the latest draft of the Iran nuclear deal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahyan said that Iran has shown sufficient flexibility and hopes that the United States will also show flexibility.

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

In May 2018, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the agreement, and subsequently 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".

From April 2021, the parties involved in the Iran nuclear deal will hold multiple rounds of talks in Vienna to discuss the issue of the US and Iran resuming the implementation of the treaty, and the US indirectly participates in the negotiations.

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