TEHRAN – Iran on Friday pushed for the proposal to extend the UN resolution, symbolizing the 2015 nuclear deal, to launch its first in-person meeting with Western countries.
Delegations from the so-called E3 groups of Iran, the European Union, so-called France, the UK and Germany arrived for talks at the Iranian consulate in Istanbul.
European countries, along with China and Russia, were the rest of the political parties in the 2015 deal, from which the US retreated in 2018.
The October 18th deadline is soon approaching when the resolution governing the transaction expires.
At that point, all UN sanctions on Iran will be lifted unless the “snapback” mechanism is triggered at least 30 days ago. This will automatically reimpose these sanctions. These target the sector from hydrocarbons to banks and defense.
To give this time for the event to happen, E3 set a deadline for the end of August to revive diplomacy. Diplomats want Iran to take concrete steps to take and convince the deadline to extend by up to six months, Reuters reported.
Iran must commit to issues such as final consultations with Washington, full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and 400 kg (880 pounds) of enriched uranium.
Minutes before talks began, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghihai told the state communications agency IRNA that Iran had considered Iran’s “meaningless and unfounded” extension of UN Security Council resolution 2231.