JCPOA commitments

  • European Union coordinator for negotiations in Vienna said on Friday that political decisions are needed now.

  • The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, the State Department reaffirmed Monday, after Tehran said it would consider such an option.

  • Iran's top negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and representatives of the P4+1 countries in a meeting in Vienna continued their talks on the removal of unlawful sanctions as the eighth round of talks are underway in the Austrian capital city between Iran and the five world powers.

  • Iran negotiates based on the drafts it has delivered to the other participants to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna and essentially there is no interim or step-by-step deal, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday.

  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that a meeting of Joint Commission of the JCPOA was not on the agenda and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahanian would meet bilaterally with JCPOA participants.

  • A professor of international relations told ILNA news agency that there is a diplomatic dance between the US and Iran at the moment, which will continue for some time. However, it is to be expected that given that the number one priority of the USA is the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons it is likely to return to the agreement.

  • Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said in Vienna on Sunday that all sanctions must be lifted, after that Iran will return to its Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) commitments.

  • Iranian president asked for compliance with “exact text” of nuclear deal, rejecting any negotiations on the "JCPOA Plus".

  • European External Action Service said that participants in Tuesday's meeting in Vienna decided to review practical arrangements for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) activation through the formation of a new expert-level group.

  • The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action including representatives of P4+1 (the UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany) will go ahead with consultations today (Sunday) at different levels.