US reluctance to lift sanctions main hurdle to reviving 2015 pact, Iran official says

But the talks stopped after the election of Iran's hardline President Ebrahim Raisi in June.A yr after Trump's reimposition of harsh sanctions on Iran, Tehran started to steadily violate nuclear limits of the settlement. Iran desires all sanctions imposed by the United States to be lifted in a verifiable course of.While stressing that the United States nonetheless needed to revive the deal, beneath which Iran had restricted its nuclear program in return for reduction from financial sanctions, a senior US State Department official stated on Saturday time was working brief.Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani stated final Monday that Tehran had delivered two draft proposals to the remaining events to the deal in Vienna, one on sanctions elimination and the opposite on nuclear limitations.Tehran stated it's going to later present a 3rd draft proposal on the "mechanism and time of verification and issues related to receiving guarantees to prevent the re-withdrawal of the US from the nuclear deal".Speaking on the Reuters Next convention, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Friday that the United States wouldn't let Iran drag out the method whereas persevering with to advance its program and that Washington will pursue different choices if diplomacy fails."Contrary to the remarks of the American officials, I believe that if other parties have good will, and stop their futile blame game, an agreement is within reach," the Iranian official stated, in accordance to Tasnim."Other parties should provide proper response or present new proposals and clear ideas in writing ... Then, ways will be opened for the conclusion of a deal and settlement of differences."