The delegate of Al-Arabiya confirmed, on Sunday evening, that an informal meeting of the parties to the nuclear agreement will be held in Vienna without Iran, while Iran’s chief negotiator in Vienna said that his country will continue to negotiate with the parties to the nuclear agreement to reach a solution.
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries said, at the end of their meeting in Liverpool, today, Sunday, that Iran must stop its nuclear escalation.
And the newspaper “Telegraph” learned that Britain may impose new sanctions on Iran if the Iranian regime does not back down from the demands that led to a dead end in talks over its nuclear program.
According to the report, the UK is considering a range of options, including the so-called abrupt return of severe economic restrictions imposed on Tehran.
British officials worry that Tehran is pressing ahead with its nuclear program while obstructing talks.
The G7 meeting is taking place as negotiators in Vienna try to revive a faltering international agreement that seeks to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions in return for relief from economic sanctions.
The deal, struck by former US President Barack Obama, collapsed when his successor, Donald Trump, withdrew in 2018. Iran then began ramping up uranium enrichment.
For his part, Iran’s chief negotiator in the nuclear talks, Ali Bagheri Kani, said on Sunday that his country had not received any proposals or initiatives from the Western parties regarding the nuclear agreement.
Bagheri Kani added that Iran presented “different visions based on amendments and proposals on its part.” He also mentioned that there were “many” differences in the Vienna talks on lifting sanctions and nuclear measures.
He explained that the differences are “clear” in the final draft that was reached after the sixth round of talks.
“There are several points of disagreement that require a decision at a high level, and they are still on the table without a solution,” Bagheri told the Tehran-run Press TV.
And British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said earlier today that the negotiations that have resumed to save the Iranian nuclear deal are “the last chance for Iran” to adopt a “serious” position.
The Iranian delegation to the Vienna negotiations
“It is the last chance for Iran to come to the negotiating table with a serious solution to this problem,” said the British minister, whose country currently holds the presidency of the Group of Seven.
And she continued: “This is their last chance and it is imperative that they do so. We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.”
This comes as German Foreign Minister Annalena Bierbock warned Saturday that time is running out to find a way to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran, after meetings with her counterparts from the Group of Seven.
From the Vienna Negotiations on Iran’s Nuclear Program
“Time is running out,” Birbock told reporters in Liverpool, England, where the G7 foreign ministers are meeting, adding: “It has appeared in the past days that we are not making any progress.”
She said that Iran had resumed talks with a position that set the negotiations back six months. The current round of talks in Vienna comes after a five-month hiatus, following the election of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s president.
In this context, a European diplomat confirmed to the correspondent of Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath channels in Vienna that “Iran’s position in the negotiations has not fundamentally changed.”
