Iran’s Offers on Table at Vienna Talks: Source
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A source close to the team of Iran’s negotiators in the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal said Tehran has put many offers on the table and encouraged the other parties to come up with new proposals to address the outstanding issues.
"Putting proposals on the table is quite a normal practice in any negotiation, and negotiation in its essence is a business of exchanging proposals, counter-proposals, and offers," the source said on Saturday.
The source added that the Iranian delegation, which has been engaged in very intensive talks in recent days, carefully considers any new proposal, if there is any.
"Also, it should be noted that the Iranian delegation has a clear mandate and negotiating instruction, and developments outside the scope of the talks in Vienna, have no effect on the negotiating stances of Iran," the source noted, Press TV reported.
According to the source, Iran is not the party that is "slow walking in the talks."
Iran and the remaining parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) resumed the eighth round of talks in Vienna last week to bring the US back into the deal and remove Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Iran.
The US left the JCPOA under former president Donald Trump in 2018 and began to target Iran with a “maximum pressure” campaign.
The current US president, Joe Biden, has vowed to rectify the “failed” policy and re-enter the JCPOA but ten months after beginning the Vienna talks, Biden has failed to deliver on his promise.
