IRAN: Iran has reaffirmed its demand for the removal of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) from the US terrorist list in negotiations on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, refuting media says that Iran has rolled back its requirement.
Iran has not dropped its demand that the IRGC be removed from the US Foreign Terrorist Organizations list in the talks to resurrect the nuclear deal, according to a reliable source close to Tehran's negotiating team, the report said. The Wall Street Journal had reported that Tehran had dropped its demand about the IRGC, to which the IRNA had responded.
Refuting the report want of credibility, the source stressed that Iran has proved its goodwill and determination to reach an agreement in the negotiations.
Iran and the world powers agreed to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the nuclear agreement, in July 2015. In exchange for the lifting of sanctions, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear programme. Donald Trump, a former US president, however, forced Washington out of the accord and reinstated ad hoc sanctions against Tehran.
The JCPOA revival discussions got underway in Vienna, Austria, in April 2021 but were put on hold in March due to political disputes between Tehran and Washington. A new round of negotiations on the resurrection of the accord is presently taking place in Vienna with representatives from the JCPOA's surviving members as well as the US.
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