Iran nuclear talks have stagnated with a senior Iranian security official saying that sealing a deal is becoming increasingly hard
The official declared that Western powers were only pretending to come up with initiatives.
Talks between Iran and the US resumed last week in Austria after a 10 day break.
But little progress has been made since they resumed in November following a five month break caused by a presidential change in Iran.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary, Ali Shamkhani, says Western parties aren’t doing enough to help.
The work of Iranian negotiators towards progress is becoming more difficult every moment … while Western parties ‘pretend’ to come up with initiatives to avoid their commitments,”
he says.
However, Russian representative Mikhail Ulyanov, refuted that statement announcing that significant process has been made in the course of negotiations.
Russia’s Foreign Minister says there is still a long way to go in reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
Savannah Pocock contributed to this report
