US's excessive nuclear demands slow down Vienna talks
Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran
Only ten days are left to the deadline for the Vienna talks, aimed at reviving the troubled Iran nuclear deal, but so far, no significant breakthrough has been made.
Iran and the other signatories to the 2015 accord started the talks in early April to get the US back to the pact and return Tehran to full compliance.
Reports coming out of Vienna suggest that the excessive demands of the US and its European allies are to blame for the sluggish talks.
Informed sources have told Press TV that the US wants the destruction of Iran’s new-generation centrifuges in exchange for only a temporary suspension of some of the sanctions, a demand beyond Iran’s commitments under the JCPOA.
Observers say through such demands, the other side seeks to buy time.
Officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal has been in limbo for three years, since the former US administration unilaterally pulled out of the accord in 2018 and reinstated sanctions on Iran.
In a tit for tat, Tehran one year after the US withdrawal adopted a stepwise suspension of its own nuclear commitments.
The last remedial step involved ramping up the purity level of enriched Uranium to 60 percent, above the 3.67 percent cap set by the deal.
Iran says its stance toward the deal has not changed; the US must remove all sanctions in a verifiable manner, and Tehran will immediately go back to full compliance. Officials in Iran also say the country will not give in to excessive nuclear demands, threatening that this could push not only the Vienna talks but the deal itself to a breakdown.
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