White House names condition for lifting US sanctions on Iran

Iran’s return to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Program (JCPOA) is the only way to lift US sanctions on that country, a high-ranking representative of the National Security Council of the White House said during a telephone briefing, Report informs referring to the White House website.

“But also, I think, these countries are making clear to Iran that the only way, really, to have any sort of normalized trade, normalized relations is if Iran returns to the nuclear deal, because that’s the only way that US sanctions will come off,” he said.

The seventh round of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear deal and the lifting of Washington’s sanctions against Tehran began in Vienna on November 29 and was suspended on December 3, when the European participants returned to their countries for additional consultations before continuing the dialogue.

On December 9, another stage took place, at which the Islamic republic presented to the parties a draft agreement on the renewal of the nuclear deal in the form of two documents on the lifting of US sanctions and issues on the nuclear program.