Iran Denies Compromise In Nuclear Deal Negotiations With US

Iran’s foreign ministry has denied reports of willingness to “compromise” its stance in ongoing negotiations with the United States to restore its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Aljazeera reports on Sunday that Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made no mention of compromise to Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, when they met in Tehran earlier this month.

Khatibzadeh said; “Khamenei told the emir, we have always said the negotiations must yield results, not waste time, and the Americans know what they need to do regarding this.”

The comments came after Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, was quoted saying the Iranian leadership had expressed readiness for compromise concerning the Iranian nuclear file.

The talks to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the deal is formally known, have stalled since March as the two sides have failed to agree on number of issues.

This is including a “terror” designation against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The US unilaterally abandoned the deal in 2018, imposing harsh sanctions.