The US says it is “unlikely” to reactivate the nuclear agreement with Iran in the near future

Oct. 13 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The spokesman for the United States National Security Council, John Kirby, said Thursday that “it is unlikely” that an agreement will be reached with Iran in the near future to return to the full application of the nuclear pact, damaged since the withdrawal. unilateral Washington in 2018.

For his part, the spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, said this Thursday that “the Iranians have made it very clear that it is not an agreement that they are prepared to reach”, adding that this path does not seem to be “imminent”. “, according to the IRNA news agency.

Thus, he has stated that “Iranian demands are not realistic” and “go far beyond the framework of the nuclear agreement.” “Nothing we have heard over the last few weeks suggests that they have changed their position,” she said.

Iran presented a counterproposal to the latest text presented by the European Union (EU), which mediates, to try to reactivate the agreement, although the United States rejected Tehran’s demands and stated that it was working on a new document to try reduce the differences.

“Our priority, as we have said, is the remarkable courage and courage that the Iranian people are showing through their peaceful demonstrations and the exercise of their universal right to freedom of assembly and expression,” Price argued.

The mobilizations for the death of the young Mahsa Amini have left more than 200 dead in the country, according to the non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights, while Tehran has accused the United States and other Western countries of inciting the demonstrations.