“We can agree within days on a mutual return to full implementation of the JCPOA,” a US State Department spokesman told the French news agency AFP. The JCPOA is the 2015 agreement that world powers signed with Tehran to curb Iran’s nuclear program. The Americans withdrew in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump, after which Iran increased uranium production.
For example, the international summit in Vienna about the Iranian nuclear program seems to be heading for its climax. Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said on Twitter on Wednesday that a new deal is “closer than ever” after weeks of negotiations. He emphasized that ‘there is no deal until we agree on everything’.
Insiders have already indicated that a deal now really seems to be within reach. The coming days are expected to be crucial. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told parliament on Wednesday that the Iranians must make decisions. “Either they create a serious crisis in the coming days, or they accept the agreement in which the interests of all parties are safeguarded.”