Iran introduces own version of maximum pressure
Iran may return to the table in a few weeks, but expect it to continue waiting for the United States to make concessions.
Anyone hoping for quick progress in talks to restore the Iran nuclear deal would find little reason for cheer in the posture adopted by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossain Amir-Abdollahian.
In meetings with journalists and analysts in New York last week, the new face of Iran’s foreign policy, from an American perspective, demanded too much and offered too little.
Iran would “very soon” return to meetings in Vienna, Amir-Abdollahian said. But he showed no sign that returning to the negotiating table meant returning to real negotiations on returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
According to participants, the six rounds of talks in Vienna were close to success, with only a few key issues awaiting compromises for an agreement to resume full implementation of the JCPOA.
