Iran says it needs guarantee US won’t quit nuclear deal again

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s lead negotiator (Photo: AFP) — Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s lead negotiator **(Photo: AFP)**

1 min read . Updated: 21 Jun 2021, 12:51 AM IST Bloomberg

'We need guarantees that give us assurances that a repeat of these sanctions and exiting the nuclear deal, as the past US govt did, won’t happen again', Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s lead negotiator said

Iran said one of the “serious issues" raised in the latest round of talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was the need for a guarantee from the US that it won’t exit the accord and reimpose sanctions on the Islamic Republic again in the future.

“We need guarantees that give us assurances that a repeat of these sanctions and exiting the nuclear deal, as the past US government did, won’t happen again," Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s lead negotiator in talks with world powers in Vienna, told Iranian state TV, adding that a return to the accord won’t be possible without this condition being met.