WASHINGTON – US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday that the Vienna negotiations for the Iran nuclear deal “could amount to something close to the finish line,” but noted that there are a few outstanding issues, “and when you near the finish line, the issues that are outstanding are the hardest issues.”
Reuters reported that last Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov unexpectedly demanded sweeping guarantees that Russian trade with Iran would not be affected by sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Price said that the US stands by the E3 (France, Germany and Britain) statement that “nobody should seek to exploit JCPOA negotiations to obtain assurances that are separate to the JCPOA.” READ MORE
