Iran says nuclear deal still ‘on the table’

Iran says nuclear deal still ‘on the table’

According to Iran’s Foreign Ministry, the nuclear deal could still be restored.













Journalists wait in a tent in front of the Coburg Palais, venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in Vienna on Aug. 4, 2022. - ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images























December 26, 2022









Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani criticized the US approach to the ongoing nuclear talks. 

Addressing Iranian journalists at a press conference Monday, Kanani said that the United States is “two-sided and contradictory in its approach” on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He added that while the United States publicly expresses “negative positions,” the messages sent to Iran via intermediaries are different.

Kanani added that the “agreement is still on the table and the window is still open.” Iran refers to the currently stalled negotiations as “the talks to remove sanctions.”

Discussing the Baghdad II conference held in Jordan last week, Kanani said, “It was a good opportunity to conduct negotiations between Iran and senior European Union negotiators.” He added that the conclusion of those talks was