Focus
on Timing of Sanctions Relief
Nuclear
talks between Iran and P5+1 resumed today in Vienna. It appears that differing
interpretations on the framework agreement reach in Lausanne earlier this
month, especially the timing of sanctions relief, will be the main issue facing
the negotiators.
Iran’s
deputy foreign minister and senior negotiator Abbas Araqchi said, “All the
economic sanctions should be lifted on the day the deal is implemented.”
(Tasnim News/Reuters, 22 April)
It
was not clear if the day of the “implementation” of the deal is same as the day
the agreement is signed, as Iran’s supreme leader had demanded. But
the timing of sanctions relief seems to be Tehran’s main issue and the focus of
this round of talks.
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