Washington. April 29. The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering a near-total waiver of some of the strictest sanctions on Iran in an attempt to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Issue (JCPOA), the Associated Press reports, citing current and former US officials.
The agency's interlocutors declined to discuss which sanctions are being considered for lifting, noting that the United States is open to lifting any restrictions incompatible with the nuclear deal.
It is specified that we can talk about the so-called "non-nuclear sanctions" related to terrorism, missile development and human rights.
In addition, according to one of the agency's interlocutors, the United States may lift sanctions on Iran's access to the international financial system.
Meanwhile, the current officials noted that no decisions have been made yet.
At the talks in Vienna for several weeks, experts from Iran and the reduced "five" international mediators (Great Britain, Germany, China, Russia and France) have been working to synchronize the return of the United States to the JCPOA, the lifting of US sanctions against Iran and the restoration of Tehran's full implementation of its obligations under the nuclear deal.
The United States, which withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018, is negotiating with Iran in Vienna not directly, but through other parties to the nuclear deal.
In May 2018, the United States withdrew from the JCPOA and resumed anti-Iranian sanctions. A year later, Iran announced a phased reduction of its obligations under the JCPOA.
