International Atomic Energy Organization director general Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, speaks with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, during their meeting in Tehran, on March 5, 2022.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani announced today, Monday, that there is an opportunity to revive the nuclear agreement with world powers if Tehran's red lines are respected. He added that consultations on the draft nuclear agreement are continuing and progressing.
Iranian Foreign Ministry stated, "Only three issues remain between the US and Iran before reaching an agreement, and the US has accommodated two of them, and only guarantees remain.
These developments came as Russia's representative in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, on Sunday hinted at the possibility of reviving the nuclear agreement with Iran.
The Russian official pointed to the possibility of positive developments soon, noting that a consensus on the Iranian nuclear deal is scheduled to be reached early next week.
He also indicated that the European Union coordinators made several amendments to the text presented to Iran and the US, according to the Russian "TASS" agency.
Ulyanov stressed that the final agreement on restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program might be reached as early as next week in the event of positive events.
After a months-long stalemate, talks resumed last Thursday in the Austrian capital between Iran and the parties to the agreement (Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany).
The talks are being coordinated by the European Union, with the United States indirectly participating.
Iran and the powers affiliated with the agreement began talks to revive it in April 2021, which were suspended for the first time in June. However, after its resumption in November, it was suspended again in mid-March, with points of disagreement remaining between Washington and Tehran, despite significant progress towards achieving the understanding, to return and resume in August.
The European Union has stepped up its efforts to bring Iran and the US closer together to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement as Russia continues to punish the Union by reducing energy flow to the continent. The EU sees Iran as a possible energy alternative for Russia as the war in Ukraine prolongs.