The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says recent talks has been promising as the deadlock is breaking, Mehr news agency reports.
"The emerged stand-still in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is being resolved," Ali-Akbar Salehi said in an interview with a number of journalists at the social network Club House on Friday.
"Now the talks on the nuclear deal have entered the technical phase, having left behind the initial controversial debates, which means resolving of the former halt, which is promising," he added.
"It has been agreed that as of next week technical talks will begin in Vienna, after which the pivotal issue of the legal and political aspects of the JCPOA will be dealt with," Salehi said, adding that the ground was paved for entering the political and legal aspects of the job.
“Presently we have taken a number of steps forward, since the unjustifiable discussion that they had initially started, or we had started, is now left behind, and this is very promising,” said the AEOI chief.
“When we will enter the technical talks phase, it means that the issue is being governed and so that ‘after you; no you first’ discussion is being left behind,” he said.