{"id":1371478,"date":"2022-03-11T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1371478"},"modified":"2022-03-11T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:16:00","slug":"iran-nuclear-talks-come-to-a-halt-amid-new-demands-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-nuclear-talks-come-to-a-halt-amid-new-demands-from-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Nuclear Talks Come to a Halt Amid New Demands From Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Months-long talks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> to revive the 2015 nuclear deal hit a snag Friday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-senators-slam-biden-working-with-russia-iran-deal-during-ukraine-invasion-insane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> demanded sanctions imposed on Moscow for its war in Ukraine be excluded from Tehran dealings. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A source with knowledge of the discussions told Fox News that the Russian delegation upended final-hour negotiations by demanding sanction immunity for any future trade with Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/640\/320\/AP21104608910137-CROP.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Hassan Rouhani, second right, listens to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, while visiting an exhibition of Iran&#039;s new nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran, in April.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Hassan Rouhani, second right, listens to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, while visiting an exhibition of Iran&#8217;s new nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran, in April.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Iranian Presidency Office\/AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> made it a top priority of his administration to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) after the U.S. abandoned the plan under former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-senators-slam-biden-working-with-russia-iran-deal-during-ukraine-invasion-insane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GOP SENATORS SLAM BIDEN FOR WORKING WITH RUSSIA ON IRAN DEAL DURING UKRAINE INVASION: &#8216;INSANE&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JCPOA member nations like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany<\/a> and the EU warned against the move and urged Iran to continue its existing commitments to the deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But by 2019 Tehran argued the deal was moot due to crippling sanctions imposed by the U.S. and began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/factsheets\/Timeline-of-Nuclear-Diplomacy-With-Iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">redeveloping<\/a> its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>JCPOA member nations, including top U.S. adversaries like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> and Russia, backed the administration\u2019s push to re-establish the nuclear deal last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But nuclear talks with Tehran have proven to be slow, and White House officials have repeatedly warned Iranian counterparts that time is running out to find a solution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1373741404-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden gives remarks at an event in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Biden gives remarks at an event in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. announced it was negotiating with Iran through indirect talks in March 2020, but by June the efforts were stonewalled following the election of\u00a0anti-Western President Ebrahim Raisi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-iran-nuclear-talks-not-going-well-national-security-adviser-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN ADMIN&#8217;S IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS &#8216;NOT GOING WELL,&#8217; NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talks eventually resumed, but questions over good-faith negotiations prompted several halts in the months-long discussions.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said this week that it was &#8220;close&#8221; to wrapping up a deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been close for some time now,&#8221; White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. &#8220;The end of negotiations is always when the difficult and challenging parts of the conversation typically take place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But deteriorating ties with Moscow over Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine with the West has prompted new hurdles for Washington and its allies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Fox News that Russia was continuing to participate in the negotiations and said, &#8220;We continue to work to see if we can come back to mutual compliance with Iran on the deal.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia continues to be engaged in those efforts, and it has its own interests in ensuring that Iran is not able to acquire a nuclear weapon,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>But new demands from Moscow appear to have once again stunted talks.<\/p>\n<p>High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles took to Twitter to say that a final text was &#8220;essentially ready and on the table&#8221; and vowed to continue working to reach an agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But apart from Russia\u2019s attempts to circumvent its own crippling sanctions, sources have told Fox News that Iran is seeking additional demands of its own.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has now called on the White House to remove its military branch, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, from the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list \u2013 a step that Biden has been unwilling to take, Fox News is told.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; James Levinson and Gillian Turner contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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