The leaders and representatives of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and the European Union (EU), in a joint statement, have stressed the need for reducing regional tensions and resolving issues through diplomatic interaction, including on Iran’s nuclear deal also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Saying that the US withdrawal of the JCPOA was the Trump administration's miscalculation, Iran's Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said it was a lose-lose situation.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi says that he had 'constructive' talks in the United States regarding the JCPOA revival negotiations.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami says that the Western countries' pressures on Iran to be the only party that lives up to JCPOA commitments will not work.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran is ready to negotiate with the West and remains committed to all international regulations, but will never bow to pressure.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his country’s readiness to mediate between Iran and the US in the talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that his country’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal was “one of the biggest mistakes” by Washington in recent years.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani considered the US as sole responsible for the current state of relations between Tehran and Washington.
The future of the Iran nuclear deal after the presidential election in that country depends on the West’s actions, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Roman Ustinov said.
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says there is no decision yet to negotiate with Tehran despite the election of a new president in Iran, adding that Washington is waiting to see what the new Iranian president wants to do.
The rotating meeting of the United Nations Security Council regarding the implementation of Resolution 2231 and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action known as JCPOA was held while the participants in this meeting emphasized on nuclear diplomacy with Iran.
The JCPOA is a hard-won multilateral diplomatic achievement with no alternatives, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani says.
Malta's Ambassador to the UN and Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) Vanessa Frazier has encouraged the international community to take such actions as may be appropriate to fully support the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
A senior Russian diplomat says the three European signatories to the Iran nuclear deal have failed to fulfill their commitments and are now blocking the negotiations to revive the US-abandoned agreement.
Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi has said that the Islamic Republic will not back down from its inalienable rights in the face of political pressures, calling on Western countries to “take the path of interaction and cooperation”.
Iran’s acting foreign minister says the exploitation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by certain member states for their political agendas will definitely harm the UN nuclear watchdog.
Iran, China, and Russia have called on the Western states to show their political will and take necessary steps to pave the ground for resuming the implementation of the Iran 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Iran is currently in the process of scaling back its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in accordance with a parliamentary law, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami said.