Iran Will Downscale Nuclear Activities If US Complies With JCPOA

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Iran will downscale its nuclear activities if the United States fully returns to “all of its commitments under the nuclear agreement and UN Security Council Resolution 2231 [which endorses the deal] in a verified manner.”
“The Vienna talks are not about reaching a new text. The Vienna talks are to ensure the implementation of the nuclear deal point by point by the United States,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said, ISNA reported.
He added that if Washington abides by its obligations in such a verified way, Iran will accept that the United States’ delegates sit “in the nuclear agreement room” and will “stop its mitigation measures.”
Khatibzadeh described the indirect talks with the US to revive the 2015 nuclear deal as a “technical dialogue,” and added that they will continue, on the basis of a consensus across the ruling structures of the Iranian state.
Iran has gradually scaled back its compliance with the 2015 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in response to Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement in May 2018 and the reimposition of tough US sanctions against Tehran, but has been holding indirect talks with the US on a return to the deal.
The US recently called on Iran to return to the negotiating table, after Iran paused the talks until the formation of President Ebrahim Raeisi’s new government.
Raeisi, who was sworn in as president of Iran last month has vowed to bring an end to US sanctions on the Islamic Republic, denouncing the sanctions as “illegal”.