Photo taken on April 6, 2021 shows the venue of Iran nuclear deal talks in Vienna, Austria. The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, resumed talks here on Tuesday, with lifting sanctions on Iran and nuclear implementation measures at the top of the agenda. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)
VIENNA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, resumed talks here on Tuesday, with lifting sanctions on Iran and nuclear implementation measures at the top of the agenda.
The meeting has drawn public attention as representatives from the United States are in Vienna to save the deal, which was struck in 2015 but paralyzed by the U.S. withdrawal in 2018 and Iran's counter-sanctions moves afterwards.
The U.S. and Iranian negotiators will not meet face-to-face but will hold indirect talks with the intensified help of the coordinators, according to a statement previously released by the European Union External Action Service.
Washington said on Monday that its goal of the talks was to set the stage for a mutual return to compliance with the 2015 accord but did not anticipate an immediate breakthrough.
Meanwhile, Tehran demanded the full removal of U.S. sanctions. "The path is clear. All U.S. sanctions must be removed at once," the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said at a press conference on Monday. Enditem
