The State Department appears to be ready to collaborate with Russia and China on ending sanctions against Iran and going back to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). On April 6, State Department spokesman Ned Price said: “I think principally and strategically, this is an area where we do have aligned interests with Moscow and aligned interests with Beijing. They have sought to uphold the JCPOA, and we do see them as partners in this fairly narrow effort.”
Then, according to the Washington Examiner on April 7, Chinese Ambassador to the UN agencies in Vienna Wang Qun defended Iran’s negotiating position during a high-stakes meeting about the rehabilitation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal: “This is a question involving the fundamental principle of rights and wrongs. As a victim, Iran’s legitimate requirement should, in the first place, be affirmed and catered for. In order to break the current impasse, it is imperative that the U.S. return to the JCPOA at an early date by lifting all unlawful and unilateral sanctions.”
