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Maziar Motamedi

Iran blames US for JCPOA delays as top diplomat heads to Russia

Hossein Amirabdollahian (left) and Sergey Lavrov during an October 6, 2021 news conference in Moscow [File: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool via Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will head to Moscow on Tuesday for talks with his Russian counterpart, the Iranian foreign ministry has announced, as it doubled down on its position that the United States is preventing an agreement in the nuclear deal talks held in Vienna.

Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatbizadeh told reporters on Monday that Amirabdollahian’s meeting with Sergey Lavrov will mainly focus on the discussions in the Austrian capital to restore the Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the deal is formally known.

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