Iran nuclear deal talks stall as U.S. sanctions on Russia destabilize world economy, politics
Negotiations over the revival of the Iran nuclear deal are being held up after becoming entangled with the suffocating sanctions regime imposed by the United States on Russia. Last week, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov commented that any deal with Iran would be unacceptable if it forced Iran to abide by these sanctions and prevented Iran from carrying out military and economic cooperation with Russia. The steady but slow progress of the talks has now stalled completely with European Union foreign policy head Josep Borrell commenting that the talks were “on pause” due to “external factors.”
Iran has consistently repeated its desire for an agreement that respects the country’s domestic and international red lines. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on the United States to, “stop playing with text and time,” and to bring the talks to a mutually beneficial conclusion. The nuclear deal, known…
