Iran MPs demand 'enough' US guarantees amid nuclear talks

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian MPs on Sunday demanded “enough” guarantees from the US in case Washington returns to the 2015 nuclear deal amid talks to revive the landmark.

The MPs have called “for receiving enough assurances from the US if it wishes to rejoin the deal,”   Spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Abolfazl Amouei said. 

They emphasized the “pursuit of Iran’s economic benefits from a possible deal, and the importance of verification and removal of sanctions,” Amouei added.

Iran and world powers, including the US, have held talks for over a year aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with Iran insisting that the US must lift its crippling sanctions, including those on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and to provide a guarantee that future US administrations will not be able to withdraw from the deal.

"If the US acts constructively and positively, an agreement is close," Nasser Kanaani told reporters in his daily presser on Monday. 

The accord offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for the curtailment of its nuclear program. Former US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal in 2018 and imposed biting sanctions on Tehran.

Iran Friday blamed US “indecision” for delaying a return to the nuclear deal. 

Qatar hosted EU-mediated indirect talks between the US and Iran in June, which made “no progress.” 

Updated at 11:02 am