State Department spokesman Ned Price pointed out that “there are still outstanding issues in negotiations with Iran that should be addressed.” He stressed: “We are seriously studying Iran’s comments on the text of the nuclear agreement,” noting that “we have a positive approach to negotiations with Iran.”

He noted: “We have said we are ready to return to the nuclear agreement for a while, but Iran has not shown the same willingness,” stressing that “negotiations were suspended for several months because of Iran.” He explained: “We will respond to Iran’s response after the completion of our consultations and negotiations with our partners,” noting that “we are consulting internally and externally to respond to the Iranian document, and we are working as quickly as we can. “

Price announced that “Iran has abandoned its demands to remove the Revolutionary Guards from the list of terrorists,” adding, “We are in constant contact with Israel about negotiations with Iran.” He stressed: “We continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to deal with Iran’s nuclear dossier.” In addition, he said that “we do not expect a meeting between the Israeli national security adviser and Blinken to be arranged.”

“We view Iran’s nuclear program as a national security challenge and are in talks about it,” Price said, adding that “we are working as quickly as we can to give a proper response to Iran’s proposals.” He said: “The Atomic Energy Agency’s investigations are not political and we consider them to be a fundamental problem,” explaining, “We continue to believe that it is in our national security interests to return to a nuclear deal.”