Vienna meeting 'last chance' to save nuclear deal, Iran warns
Vienna meeting 'last chance' to save nuclear deal, Iran warns
The Vienna meeting is the last chance to save the landmark Iran nuclear deal, Tehran has said.
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Sanctions have crippled Iran [Getty]
Friday’s meeting in Vienna between the remaining signatories of the Iran nuclear deal is the "last chance" to save the accord after the United States withdrawal last year, Tehran said.
Diplomats from the remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear accord are meeting in Vienna to discuss ways to stop the deal collapsing amid tension in the Gulf.
Iran's Fars news agency on Friday quoted foreign ministry officials warning that Tehran will not accept “artificial solutions” to the nuclear deal with the US and will not tolerate disrespect of the deal.
"I think this meeting can be the last chance for the remaining parties...to gather and see how they can meet their commitments towards Iran", said foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi.
Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi, who is in Vienna, warned that Iran is running out of “strategic patience.”
"Iran will not tolerate remaining unilaterally committed to the nuclear deal", he said according to Fars.
He said he hoped the Vienna meeting could lead to "tangible" results.
This comes shortly after a diplomatic source in Vienna ensured that Iran will not exceed uranium stockpile limit agreed under a nuclear deal with world powers, contrary to what Tehran said earlier this month, a diplomatic source in Vienna said on Thursday.
"They won't exceed it today," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The source suggested there might be a "political reason" for this, given intensified efforts by European governments in recent days to de-escalate tensions in the Gulf region.
While US President Donald Trump said on Friday there was "no rush" to solve the standoff with Iran, the landmark 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) looks perilously close to unravelling.
Iran says it no longer feels bound by certain limits in the deal due to the crippling sanctions re-imposed by the United States after it unilaterally pulled out of the accord in May 2018.
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