Borrell underscores renewed nuclear diplomacy with Iran
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell underlined the importance of renewed nuclear diplomacy with Iran, expressing his continued readiness to facilitate a diplomatic solution that addresses the concerns of different sides.
Former US President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the UNSC-endorsed agreement in May 2018, imposing severe economic sanctions against Tehran while Iran was adhering to its commitments under the deal and even continued to do so for a year after the US withdrawal.
Tehran scaled back its commitments to the JCPOA in a series of pre-announced and clear steps after witnessing the other parties’ failure to secure its interest under the agreement.
Since then, especially at the beginning of the presidency of Joe Biden in the United States, there have been efforts to revive the nuclear deal but they have failed so far.
Iran has blamed the lack of political will on the part of Biden’s administration to undo the damage caused to the multilateral nuclear deal by the previous US administration.
However, the new government in Iran led by President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed its willingness to resume talks on the issue.
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday he had sensed a greater willingness by Iranian officials to engage with the agency in a more meaningful way after talks in New York, and that he hoped to travel to Tehran in October.