The source said that "statements are being made overseas every now and then that makes one doubt the current US administration's commitment to its promises to bring the US back to the JCPOA. Americans are thrashing about and looking for a convenient excuse to derail from the course on the revival of the nuclear deal," Sputnik News Agency reported.
The US should observe United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, endorsing the JCPOA, and correct its own violations of the resolution, the source added.
The source further noted that experts with the Vienna format of nuclear talks have found during months of work that the deal's revival on originally-agreed terms was possible.
"For this, our US colleagues just lack the political will to make the final step on reaching an agreement on this matter. We hope that they will stop muddying waters, pull themselves together, and follow through on the revival of the nuclear deal," the source underlined.
Iran and the P5+1 (the US, the UK, France, China, Russia plus Germany) reached an agreement in 2015 to lift anti-Iran sanctions in return for Iran’s cooperation in restricting its nuclear capabilities, but the Trump administration withdrew the deal in May 2018 and re-imposed sanctions on Iran.
Tehran continued to abide by its commitments under the JCPOA for more than a year, despite the fact that the US imposed maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic and the Europeans did nothing tangible in complying with their promises.
Then, Tehran begins to gradually reduce its compliance with the deal, arguing that all remaining signatories to the nuclear accord should implement their tasks in this respect.
The US and its European allies have threatened Iran that they would impose more sanctions in order to put pressure on the Islamic Republic to give up its influence in the region and reduce its defense power, but Tehran stands firm and refuses excessive demands.
Iran improved its nuclear capabilities and capacities in response to the Western parties’ breach of promises, showing that sanctions cannot stop Iranians from acquiring technical capabilities. The progress has created a huge challenge for the American authorities who witnessed that their leverage to put pressure on Iran was doomed to fail. Thus, the issue added to the Americans’ confusion in the nuclear talks.
Moreover, the Biden administration is facing opponents inside the United States, who oppose returning to the JCPOA, although a poll conducted by Gallop shows that 78 percent of the American people want their statesmen to resolve the nuclear dossier through of diplomacy. However, US President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats are afraid of the impact of signing a deal with Iran over the upcoming congressional elections in the United States.
The Zionist regime has made all-out efforts to put pressure on the Biden administration to stop the nuclear talks. Some Israeli officials have held talks with American authorities to urge them to avoid reaching an agreement with Iran and lifting sanctions. The Tel Aviv regime has even resorted to the Zionist lobby AIPAC in the US to put pressure on the White House.
Islamic Parliament Research Center (IPRC) of the Islamic Republic of Iran has reported that the war in Ukraine has added to the United States’ confusion in making a decision to finalize the Vienna talks, because Washington is not able to impose its demands on Iran, as a result of the crisis between Russia and Ukraine.
In conclusion, the United States’ hesitation and confusion to take a political decision regarding the finalization of the Vienna talks for the revival of the JCPOA have their roots in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s negotiating from the position of power in technical and diplomatic aspects as well as the aforementioned domestic and international pressures on American decision-makers.
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