‘Serious differences’ remain in nuclear talks, US official says
A State Department official said the United States and Iran still have major disagreements but a deal to restore the landmark nuclear agreement remains possible.
Serious gaps remain between Iran and the United States amid nuclear talks in Vienna, a senior State Department official said Thursday, pushing back on reports that a deal was in reach.
“We still have serious differences that have not been bridged” over issues that include Iran’s willingness to come back into compliance, the sanctions relief offered by the United States and the sequencing of a mutual return to the deal, said the US official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity.
A deal remains possible, the official said, but if the United States and Iran “can’t bridge [the differences] in the foreseeable future, I think we’re going to have to regroup and figure out how we move ahead.”
“I’m not going to speculate as to if or when we will get there,” the official said.
