Iran, EU To Work On Nuclear Deal

Iran and the European Union have signalled that efforts to restore the country’s 2015 nuclear deal will continue after they held a meeting in Jordan.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell had the second meeting hosted by Jordan’s King Abdullah on Tuesday.

Borrell said that it was a “necessary” talk amid “deteriorating Iran-EU relations”. He added; “Stressed the need to immediately stop military support to Russia and internal repression in Iran.”

He said that the two sides agreed to keep talking with the aim of restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the nuclear deal is formally known.

After Tuesday’s meeting in Jordan, the Iranian foreign ministry said Amirabdollahian told Borrell Iran is ready to finalise the nuclear talks.

Amirabdollahian also had a meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, who has previously relayed many messages between Iran and the US on the nuclear deal.