U.S. ready for talks on Iran deal  

Context: The Biden administration has said that it will participate in talks with Iran with a view to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the ‘Iran nuclear deal’.

Details:

• The United States would accept an invitation from the European Union high representative to attend a meeting of the P5+1 and Iran to discuss a diplomatic way forward on Iran’s nuclear program.
• In 2018, Trump pulled the U.S. out of the JCPOA, an agreement between Iran, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany, which lifted long standing international sanctions against Iran in exchange for Tehran scuttling its nuclear programme.
• Iran has threatened to partially stop International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections next week if other parties to the JCPOA do not meet their commitments under the deal.

About JCPOA:

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached in Vienna on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States—plus Germany) together with the European Union.

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