US ready to make 'difficult decisions' in Iran nuclear talks
(VOVWORLD) - A deal to restore the pact limiting Iran's nuclear program is not imminent, but Washington is prepared to take "difficult decisions" to make it happen, State Department Spokesman Ned Price said Monday.
 US State Department Spokesman Ned Price. (Photo: AFP) |
He said that an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal is neither imminent nor certain and Washington is preparing equally for scenarios with and without a mutual return to the full implementation of the nuclear accord.
For the United States, he said the main issues remain Iran committing to verifiable limits on its nuclear activities, in return for an easing of punishing sanctions placed on the country.
According to sources close to the talks, Iran is insisting on "economic guarantees" in case a future US administration changes its stance and abrogates the agreement, as president Donald Trump did in 2018; and that Washington remove its official terror group designation on Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards.