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"Bitter experience with the U.S. breach of promises and European
inaction have made it inevitable to meet the requirements for a
reliable, balanced and sustainable agreement," Ali Shamkhani was
quoted as saying at a meeting between Iranian lawmakers and the
Supreme National Security Council.
All parties involved in the talks say progress has been made
toward the restoration of the pact to curb Tehran's nuclear
programme in exchange for sanctions relief, which the United
States abandoned in 2018. But both Tehran and Washington have
said there are still some significant differences to overcome.
Despite progress in the negotiations, the key sticking point is
that Tehran wants the issue of uranium traces found at several
old but undeclared sites in Iran to be dropped and closed
forever, an Iranian official told Reuters.
Some alternative solutions have been discussed in long talks
between Iranian negotiators and Western powers, sources said,
without elaborating.
On Wednesday morning, the UK envoy to the talks, Stephanie Al-Qaq,
tweeted pictures of Robert Malley, the U.S. Special Envoy for
Iran, and representatives of E3 group of Britain, France and
Germany. "Brisk walk after long night," said Al-Qaq.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; writing by Michael Georgy; editing
by John Stonestreet)
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