Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Iran’s negotiating position at the current December 2021 nuclear talks in Vienna, resumed following first round talks in June 2021.

Iran returned to talks on restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) on 29 November. We have been clear that if Iran is serious about rapidly restoring the JCPoA it should engage in good faith to swiftly resolve outstanding issues. The UK government will work tirelessly, constructively and in good faith to seek to restore the deal. However, Iran's nuclear escalation means that this is the last chance to save the JCPoA.