19 Apr 2024
Friday 7 May 2021 - 17:52
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JCPOA expert groups to start work on drafting agreement

The JCPOA Joint Commission meeting between Iran and P 4+1 ended minutes ago in Vienna and it was decided that the working groups continue the work on the draft agreement immediately.

The fourth round of talks between representatives from Iran and the remaining signatories to the Iran nuclear deal, which is officially known as theJoint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), namelyRussia and China and the E3 or the UK, France and Germanywas held on Friday afternoon inGrand Hotel in Vienna.

In the today's meeting which lasted for an hour and half, it was decided that expert and technical consultations and work on the draft textsto begin immediately.

At today's meeting, all parties reiterated their seriousness to achieve a result in the shortest possible time.

The talks are held between Iran and the P4+1 on reviving the JCPOA. The two sides have formed two working groups onthe possible return of the United States to the deal and lifting of anti-Iran illegal sanctions, which the previous US administration imposed on Iran after moving out from the deal in May 2018, to return Iran back to full compliance with the accord.

Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi leads Irans delegation which also includes representatives from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Oil Ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) in the Vienna talks.

The top Iranian negotiator arrived in Vienna last night and held a meeting with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Rafael Mariano Grossi.

Before today's meeting, Araghchi also held a bilateral meeting withDeputy of European Union Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora, who chairs the talks.

Iran has vowed that it will leave the negotiations if they take time and ifit feels the other parties are killing time.

Tehran has also said that it will reverse course and will return to full abidance by the JCPOA commitments if the sanctions are fully lifted and the other parties are abiding by their commitments to the accord.

After the third round of the talks on May 1, the head of the Iranian delegation said thatthere was an agreement on the removal of sanctions onthe majority of Iranian individuals and institutions.
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