E3 doubts Iran wants to sign nuclear deal, as Lapid heads to Germany

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E3 doubts Iran wants to sign nuclear deal, as Lapid heads to Germany
Blinken: JCPOA must meet our bottom line * Eisenkot: mistake to exit agreement in 2018
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

France, Britain and Germany said they doubted Iran wanted to revive the 2015 nuclear deal as Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid was set to depart for Germany on Sunday in hopes of swaying Berlin to abandon the agreement altogether. "Iran continues to escalate its nuclear program way beyond any plausible civilian justification," the E3 said in a joint statement. Their statement came after hope had been raised that the European Union, which has held indirect talks between the United States and Tehran for the last year-and-a-half, was on the edge of reviving the deal.

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Europe: Iran's stance on IAEA probe jeopardizes nuclear deal
The IAEA's Board of Governors meet on Monday, three months after already adopting a resolution urging Iran to give credible answers to the watchdog.
By REUTERS
Published: SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

France, Britain and Germany on Saturday vented their frustration at Iran's demand in talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal that the UN nuclear watchdog close a probe into uranium particles found at three sites, adding that it was jeopardizing the talks.

Iran earlier this month sent its latest response to the European Union's proposed text to revive the agreement under which Tehran had restrained its nuclear program in exchange for relief from US, EU and UN economic sanctions.

Diplomats have said Iran's response to the EU coordinator was a step backwards, with it seeking to link a revival of the deal with the closure of investigations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into the uranium traces.

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