Washington. January 5th. INTERFAX - The United States is aiming for a quick return together with Tehran to compliance with the obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear deal, as there is less and less time for this, White House press Secretary Jen Psaki said.
"It is obvious that if we do not reach an understanding on mutual return to compliance with the JCPOA soon, the acceleration of Iran's nuclear activities will make this agreement meaningless. Therefore, our priority is to implement a rapid mutual return," Psaki said during a briefing.
She expressed the hope that at the negotiations on the JCPOA in Vienna, the participants will focus on this issue.
"Modest progress was made during the negotiations last week, and we hope to use (these successes) this week," Psaki said.
On the eve of the eighth round of negotiations on the Iranian atom resumed in Vienna.
In 2015, Iran and the six countries - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany - concluded a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a nuclear agreement according to which Tehran should limit the development of its nuclear program exclusively for peaceful purposes. Special parameters were agreed upon, including the level of uranium enrichment, access to Iranian nuclear facilities by IAEA inspectors in exchange for a step-by-step lifting of sanctions. Former US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 and resumed anti-Iranian sanctions, which prompted Tehran to gradually abandon compliance with some of the terms of the deal.
