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Iran mentioned on Wednesday that Washington had agreed to eliminate all sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping, and take some senior figures off a blacklist, at talks to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with international powers which are now on a pause.
The remarks, by outgoing president Hassan Rouhani’s chief of employees, had been constant with earlier assertions by officials in Rouhani’s pragmatist camp that Washington is ready to make big concessions at the talks, beneath way because April in Vienna.
The talks adjourned on Sunday for a break, two days following Iran held a presidential election won by hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, the head of Iran’s judiciary who is on the U.S. blacklist. Raisi is due to replace Rouhani in August.
“An agreement has been reached to remove all insurance, oil and shipping sanctions that were imposed by (former U.S. President Donald) Trump,” presidential chief of employees Mahmoud Vaezi was quoted as saying by Iran’s state media.
“About 1,040 Trump-era sanctions will be lifted under the agreement. It was also agreed to lift some sanctions on individuals and members of the supreme leader’s inner circle.”
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned on Sunday there was nevertheless “a fair distance to travel”, such as on sanctions and on the nuclear commitments that Iran has to make. Other Western and Iranian officials have also mentioned the talks are a extended way from a conclusion.
Iran agreed in 2015 to curbs on its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of international sanctions. Trump abandoned the agreement 3 years later and reimposed sanctions, and Tehran responded by violating some nuclear limits.
The new U.S. administration of President Joe Biden aims to restore the deal, but the sides disagree on which methods require to be taken and when.
Iranian and Western officials alike say Raisi’s rise is unlikely to alter Iran’s negotiating position, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei currently has final say on all big policy.
However, some Iranian officials have recommended Tehran could choose an agreement ahead of Raisi requires workplace to give the new president a clean slate.
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