Iran said on Sunday it would not accept any deadline set by the West to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and wanted to drop “politically motivated” allegations by the International Atomic Energy Agency about Iran’s nuclear activity, state television reported.

“We have answered the agency’s questions and the politically motivated allegations…which we believe are baseless. These files must be closed,” the television’s website quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying.

Among the sticking points in indirect talks between Iran and the United States to revive the 2015 nuclear deal are questions about traces of uranium found by the International Atomic Energy Agency at old but undeclared sites in Iran.

“Iran does not accept any deadline,” Khatibzadeh said, in an apparent reaction to media reports that the United States had set a deadline for the ongoing nuclear talks in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) had reported that Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, will return to Vienna from Tehran this evening.

It explained that Bagheri Kani, who went to Tehran last week for consultations with Iranian officials, will “resume negotiations with a clear agenda aimed at resolving” the remaining issues.

Also, local media reported that, on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is scheduled to present a report to the Iranian parliament on the progress of the talks.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon