Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani spoke Feb. 1 at a session of the parliament's powerful National Security and Foreign Policy Commission at which he answered questions about the status of the nuclear negotiations in Vienna.
According to Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, spokesperson for the commission, Bagheri said, “So far there have been no direct negotiations with the United States.” Washington exited the 2015 nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in 2018 and reapplied sanctions. Iran responded by expanding its nuclear program beyond the terms of the JCPOA. The deal's European signatories have been acting as mediators between Iran and the United States in Vienna. Speaking with the United States is a sensitive topic in Iran.
