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RFL/RE – Iran sent a written response early on September 2 to U.S. proposals aimed at reviving its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, though Washington cast doubt on Tehran’s offer.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that “the sent text [by Iran] has a constructive approach with the aim of finalizing the negotiations.” He gave no details about the content of the text.
Iranian state media said Tehran’s response was sent to European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who has been coordinating the negotiations. After 16 months of indirect talks between Iran and the United States, Borrell said in August the EU had laid down a final offer to overcome an impasse for the revival of the tattered nuclear agreement.
The State Department confirmed it received Iran’s response through the European Union.
“We are studying it and will respond through the EU, but unfortunately it is not constructive,” the State Department said, similarly not elaborating on what Iran’s proposal contained.
The EU has served as an intermediary for the indirect talks after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from the nuclear accord in 2018.
Under the agreement, Iran curtailed its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. The deal stipulated that Iran could have only 300 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 3.67 percent under constant scrutiny of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
However, the last public IAEA count showed that Iran now has a stockpile of some 3,800 kilograms of enriched uranium. Also, Iran now enriches uranium up to 60 percent purity, some experts have warned, adding that Iran has enough 60-percent-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.
Iran insist it has no intention of developing nuclear weapons. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said earlier this week that Tehran needs stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of the deal. He also said the IAEA should drop its “politically motivated probes” of Tehran’s nuclear work.
