The parties to the nuclear agreement are studying an Iranian offer, and Washington refuses to "confuse two issues"

The European Commission said today, Friday, that the parties to the nuclear agreement began studying a new Iranian proposal, while Washington confirmed its refusal to confuse this file with another issue that is subject to international investigations, it said.

The European Commission said that it had received a response from Tehran regarding the revival of the 2015 nuclear agreement, and indicated that it would present this to the gathering of other participants in the talks, noting that the parties involved in the agreement are Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, in addition to the United States, which withdrew from it in 2018.

The commission said that these countries are all studying the Iranian response, and "will discuss together how to move forward."

In the same context, the White House said today, Friday, that there should be no link between resuming the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal and verifying whether Tehran has fulfilled its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

"There should be no connection between the resumption of the JCPOA and investigations into Iran's legal obligations under the (nuclear weapons) Treaty," White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre said.

By this, she refers to the International Atomic Energy Agency's investigations into the traces of uranium that were found at 3 undeclared Iranian sites.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said earlier that the IAEA should close its "politically motivated investigations" into Tehran's nuclear activities.

stumbling block

These investigations constitute a stumbling block in the way of reviving the 2015 agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, under which Iran limited its nuclear program in return for the easing of US, United Nations and European Union sanctions on it.

The United States had seen earlier that the latest response provided by Tehran "is not constructive."

"We can confirm that we have received Iran's response through the European Union," US State Department spokesman Vidant Patel said. "We are studying it, and we will respond through the European Union, but unfortunately it is not constructive."

"We've closed some loopholes in recent weeks, but others remain," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrian Watson said.