DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will soon present a “constructive” action plan, said Chancellor Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday, after European sources said Tehran had given positive signals about the opening of informal talks on its nuclear program.
“As Iran’s FM (Foreign Minister) and chief nuclear negotiator, I will soon present our constructive and concrete action plan – through the appropriate diplomatic channels,” said Zarif on Twitter.
A French diplomatic source and another European source said on Thursday that Iran had given encouraging signals in recent days about opening informal talks, after European powers canceled plans to criticize Tehran at the UN nuclear agency.
So far, Iran has refused to participate in a European Union-mediated meeting between world powers and the United States to revive its 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran’s nuclear policy is decided by the country’s highest authority, the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and not by the president or the government.
Tehran and Washington emerged from attempts by former U.S. President Donald Trump to destroy the nuclear deal with Iran, caught in an impasse over who should act first to save it. Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.
Britain, France and Germany decided to halt the presentation of a critical resolution to Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday so as not to undermine prospects for diplomacy, after what they said were concessions obtained from Iran to deal with nuclear pending.
(Reporting by the Dubai newsroom; Editing by Nick Macfie)