Iran’s ex-envoy to IAEA urges E3 to take practical steps to revive JCPOA

A former Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has dismissed as meaningless the so-called step-by-step approach by Washington and Tehran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Soltanieh further said that the administration of US President Joe Biden is continuing the policies of its predecessor against Iran. He added that the US is making a serious miscalculation if it intends to use the maximum pressure campaign as leverage against Iran. He said Washington’s return to the deal does not require negotiations and the US and the EU should not waste time with such propositions. Soltanieh, however, stressed that Iran is in no haste for the US to rejoin the deal and has not rolled out a red carpet for it.