Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday that Iran has reached a point of agreement in the talks in Vienna while noting that a number of significant issues still remain in place.
Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a telephone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart, stated that the JCPOA revival is close to the final stage of reaching an agreement in Vienna emphasizing that the United States must show its good faith in practice.
Rents in the Iranian capital Tehran increased by 54 percent in January compared with last year, as annual inflation hovered around 40 percent and demand rose.
"Iran approached the JCPOA as a good faith interlocutor, but was blindsided by the caprice of the United States and, in the case of Europe's failure to fulfill its economic commitments, the subservience of the EU and its member states to the United States," a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) told ILNA.
Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib says despite pressure by the United States and its allies Tehran currently has fewer problems in selling oil.
European companies can end contracts with Iranian firms pressured by US sanctions if deals would lead to "disproportionate economic loss," the EU's top court said on Tuesday.
"US sanctions on Iran have harmed his country’s economy," South Korean ambassador Yun Kang-hyeo told ILNA.
Iran and the United States exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the Biden administration imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian entities and officials, with Tehran warning Washington that the measures would not “create leverage” in nuclear deal talks.
Iran has lost hundreds of millions in annual revenues from exports of hand-woven carpets as a major businessman blame the huge loss on current exchange regulations and US sanctions.
The United States and its partners are likely to exert pressure on Iran if it uses talks scheduled to resume in Vienna on Monday as a pretext to accelerate its nuclear program, the US special envoy to Iran said in an interview broadcast on Saturday.
