TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Tuesday that the U.S. breaches of promises pose major threat to "a good agreement" in the ongoing nuclear talks.
"The proven American malpractice is the most important threat to any agreement," Shamkhani tweeted on his social media account. "Verification and guarantee is an integral part of a good agreement," he noted.
"The real lifting of sanctions means that Iran will enjoy credible and sustainable economic benefits," Shamkhani explained.
A day earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said a "good agreement" will be within reach in the short term if the United States and the E3 group of France, Britain and Germany show seriousness to fully honor their commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Iran signed the JCPOA with world powers in July 2015. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Iran, which prompted the latter to drop some of its nuclear commitments one year later and advance its halted nuclear programs.
Since April 2021, eight rounds of talks have been held in Austria's capital Vienna between Iran and the remaining JCPOA parties, namely Britain, China, France, Russia plus Germany, with the United States indirectly involved in the talks, to revive the landmark deal.
