Confusion reigns ahead of US-Iran indirect talks in Vienna
Confusion continues to reign over relations between Washington and Tehran.
The
latter wants US sanctions on it to be lifted, whereas the former wants to use
the sanctions as a bargaining card to extend the scope of the nuclear deal with
Iran.
The
US wants to restrict Iran's ability to use ballistic missiles and expand its
influence in the region.
Iranian
Foreign Ministry Spokesman
Saeed Khatibzadeh said on April 3 that his country wants the US to
lift the economic sanctions it imposed on it years ago.
He added that Iran wants the sanctions lift before negotiations
start in Vienna after few days to revive the nuclear deal with Iran.
France has, meanwhile, called on Iran to demonstrate goodwill
ahead of negotiations in the Austrian capital.
These negotiations, it said, would be part of larger ones on the
Iranian nuclear file.
Iran and the United States had earlier announced that they would
hold indirect talks in Vienna on Tuesday, within efforts to revive the nuclear
deal between Iran and Western countries.
Tehran ruled out the possibility of conducting direct talks with
the United States.
However, the expected indirect talks in Vienna are expected to
refocus minds on efforts made now to ensure Iran's abidance by the terms of the
nuclear deal with Western states.
Washington has welcomed the talks and described them as a good
step on the right track.
A European diplomatic source said Iranian and American negotiators
will be present in Vienna at the time of the negotiations.
They will not, however, sit together in the same room, he said.
