Ned Price: We Only Have a Few Weeks
The U.S. State Department spokesperson said that if Tehran and Washington fail to reach a mutual return to the JCPOA, the United States will pursue another path. Price reiterated that limited progress has been made in negotiations, which requires greater acceleration.
Ned Price expressed hope in his latest press conference that greater progress would be achieved in negotiations to revive the JCPOA. Referring to the limited time remaining, he warned that if America fails to reach an agreement with Iran, it will choose another way.
The U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, January 6, that discussions are about a few weeks, not a few months. In explaining the loss of opportunity, he pointed to the speed of Iran’s nuclear steps and reaching a point of no return.
Tehran has gradually violated its JCPOA commitments following the United States’ unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Price said in a press conference two days earlier: “The steps that the United States takes to reduce sanctions and the steps that Iran takes to return to JCPOA commitments are the focus of the negotiations.”
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s representative in the Vienna negotiations, wrote in a tweet: “My understanding is that if Iran and the United States reach an understanding to revive the agreement, they will sit together at the JCPOA joint commission table and sanctions will be lifted.”
Source: DW
