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PARIS (Reuters) – Efforts to sketch out initial U.S. and Iranian steps to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal have stalled and Western officials believe Iran may now wish to discuss a wider road map to revive the pact, something Washington is willing to do.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. REUTERS\/Lisi Niesner\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

U.S. President Joe Biden\u2019s aides initially believed Iran, with which they have not had direct discussions, wanted to talk about first steps toward a revival of the agreement that Biden\u2019s predecessor, Donald Trump, abandoned in 2018.<\/p>\n

The agreement eased economic sanctions on Tehran in return for curbs to the Iranian nuclear program designed to make it harder to develop an atomic weapon – an ambition Tehran denies.<\/p>\n

Three Western officials said the Biden administration and Iran had mainly communicated indirectly via European parties to the deal – Britain, France and Germany – and that they believe Iran now wants to discuss a broader plan to return to the pact.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we had heard was that they were interested first in a series of initial steps, and so we were exchanging ideas on a series of initial steps\u201d said a U.S. official who, like others cited in this story, spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds from what we are hearing publicly now, and through other means, that they may be … not interested in (discussing) initial steps but in a road map for return to full compliance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that\u2019s what Iran wants to talk about, we are happy to talk about it,\u201d the U.S. official added.<\/p>\n

It is not clear, however, whether that is Iran\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s nuclear policy is ultimately determined by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who said flatly on March 21 that \u201cthe Americans must lift all sanctions\u201d before Tehran would resume compliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf sanctions are … really canceled, we will return to our obligations without any problems,\u201d Khamenei said. \u201cWe have a lot of patience and we are not in a hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018NOT IN A RUSH\u2019<\/p>\n

Biden aides originally said that if Iran resumed compliance, the United States would too – a stance taken to mean Washington wanted Tehran to resume compliance first – but have since made clear that who goes first is not an issue.<\/p>\n

While the Biden administration has also sought to project that it is in no hurry, it faces the reality that if there is no progress in April toward reviving the deal, Iranian officials in May will begin intense politicking for the June 18 presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are going to get into election period in about a month or so, but that\u2019s not the end of the world for us,\u201d said one Western diplomat. \u201cWe are making offers and they are making offers. It\u2019s a slow process, but that\u2019s OK. We\u2019re not in a rush.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tehran rejected a report in the U.S. publication Politico saying Washington planned this week to put forth a new proposal that would ask Iran to halt work on advanced centrifuges and the enrichment of uranium to 20% purity in return for undefined U.S. sanctions relief.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo proposal is needed for the US to rejoin the JCPOA,\u201d the Iranian mission to the United Nations said on Twitter, referring to the deal formally named the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. \u201cIt only requires a political decision by the US to fully and immediately implement all of its obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains unclear whether Iran actually wants to engage, albeit indirectly, with the United States now or whether the supreme leader prefers to wait until after the election.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a fair bit of ambivalence from the supreme leader about rushing things,\u201d said Henry Rome of the Eurasia Group.<\/p>\n

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