Iran says certain agreements reached in Vienna

Washington on Friday restored the waivers to allow international nuclear cooperation projects, as indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on reviving the nuclear deal enter the final stretch in Vienna

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday that a U.S. move to restore sanctions waivers to Tehran was not enough and Washington should provide guarantees for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, Qazet.az reports.

Washington on Friday restored the waivers to allow international nuclear cooperation projects, as indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on reviving the nuclear deal enter the final stretch in Vienna. "The lifting of some sanctions can in itself translate into good faith," Hossein Amirabdollahian said in comments reported by Iranian media.

"While what is on paper is good, but it's not enough," he added. Amirabdollahian said one of the major issues in the Vienna talks was getting "guarantees, especially from the West, to fulfill their obligations."

"We demand guarantees in the political, legal, and economic spheres. Certain agreements have already been reached," he added. The waivers restored by Washington had allowed Russian, Chinese, and European companies to carry out non-proliferation work to effectively make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development. The waivers were rescinded by the United States in 2019 and 2020 under former President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the nuclear agreement in 2018.