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Reuters
Parisa Hafezi and Arshad Mohammed
DUBAI/WASHINGTON — The European Union on Monday submitted a 'final' document reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as four days of indirect negotiations. A senior EU official said talks between US and Iranian officials had ended in Vienna.
The official said no further changes could be made to the document, which had been in negotiations for 15 months, and a final decision was expected from the parties within "a very few weeks." He said he hopes that
"Today we are submitting the final document," said a senior EU official, speaking on condition of anonymity, at a briefing in Vienna. ``This text will not be further negotiated or changed.''
He said he was ready to reach an agreement soon to revive the agreement, called the Joint Action Plan of Action (JCPOA).
However, Iranian officials have indicated that they would not consider the EU's proposal final, and after talks in Tehran gave the EU their "additional views" to coordinate negotiations. and considerations."
Iran and her six superpowers reached a deal in 2015 to make it more difficult to use their nuclear program to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for bailouts from the US, EU. did – Iran denies ambitions – and UN sanctions.
In 2018, then-U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the deal in favor of a tough U.S. policy aimed at blocking Iran's oil exports, a major source of Iran's export revenue and government revenue. re-imposed sanctions.
In response, Tehran claims its nuclear program is for power generation and other peaceful purposes, but after about a year it has rebuilt its stock of enriched uranium. started violating the agreement in several ways, including (Reporting by Paris Sahafej, Dubai; Arshad Mohammed, Washington; Dubai His Newsroom; Written by Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Alex Richardson and Alistair Bell)
