TEHRAN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian lawmaker said on Wednesday that the ground is de facto prepared for reaching a win-win agreement in the Vienna talks on the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, official news agency IRNA reported.
This will take place if the Western sides show goodwill and determination, Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, spokesman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee noted, adding Iran's chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani described the trend reflected in the Vienna talks as positive.
However, no direct talks have so far been held between the Iranian and U.S. delegations, Meshkini quoted the chief negotiator as saying.
The Iranian lawmaker explained that by the conclusion drawn at the end of the committee's Tuesday meeting, it is not clear yet whether direct negotiations with the United States would produce any concrete outcome under the present circumstances.
Although the talks are showing a positive and progressing trend, there are still important unresolved issues, which need to be discussed and agreed upon, as the other side has so far only agreed to lift part of the sanctions against Tehran, he noted.
The Iranian nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was signed in 2015. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the pact in May 2018 and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran, which prompted the latter to breach the deal's restrictions one year later, and advance its once-halted nuclear programs.
Since April 2021, several rounds of talks have been held between Iran and the other remaining parties to revive the deal.
