Iran hints at way to bridge nuclear deal impasse with US
- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell could ‘choreograph’ a return to the agreement abandoned by Donald Trump
- Tehran and Washington each want the other side to be the first to resume compliance with the arrangement
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sketched out a path on Monday to overcome the US-Iran impasse over who goes first in returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying the EU foreign policy chief could “choreograph” the moves.
“There can be a mechanism to basically either synchronise it or coordinate what can be done,” Zarif told CNN when asked in an interview how to bridge the gap between Washington and Tehran. Each government wants the other to resume compliance first.
Zarif noted the agreement created a Joint Commission coordinated by the European Union foreign policy chief, now Josep Borrell.
Borrell “can … sort of choreograph the actions that are needed to be taken by the United States and the actions that are needed to be taken by Iran,” Zarif told CNN.
The commission includes Iran and the six other parties to the deal: Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States.