Criticism of Iran halted after it agrees to discussions
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh says the move keeps diplomatic efforts alive
04 March 2021 - 17:53
Vienna/Paris — Britain, France and Germany have scrapped a US-backed plan for the UN nuclear watchdog to criticise Iran for reducing co-operation with its inspectors, in a bid to avoid escalation and make room for diplomacy, diplomats said on Thursday.
Tehran and Washington have emerged from US President Donald Trump's attempts to wreck Iran's nuclear deal locked in a standoff over who should move first to save it. Tehran has added to its breaches of the deal's atomic restrictions in protest at US sanctions reimposed when Trump pulled out of the deal in 2018...
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