New Russian Position Tying Iran Talks and Ukraine Sanctions Is ‘Not Constructive,’ Tehran Says
Iran agrees to a roadmap to resolve all of its issues with the UN nuclear watchdog by late June after the agency’s chief says a nuclear deal would not possible without it
Reuters Mar. 5, 2022 12:11 PM

IAEA’s Rafael Mariano Grossi (right) speaks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran, on Saturday. Credit: /AP
Russia’s demand for written U.S. guarantees that sanctions on Moscow would not damage Russian cooperation with Iran is “not constructive” for talks between Tehran and global powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Saturday.
The announcement by Russia, which could torpedo months of intensive indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Vienna, came shortly after Tehran said it had agreed a roadmap with the UN nuclear watchdog to resolve outstanding issues which could help secure the nuclear pact.

