U.S. says Washington is not in direct talks with Iran on JCPOA

TEHRAN- Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, refrained from commenting on communication channels between Washington and Tehran, saying, “We are not in direct negotiations with Iran on the JCPOA.”

Patel, responding to a question about reports of reviving talks on lifting sanctions on Iran, said, “I will not comment on our communication channels with Iran, but I must say that we are not in direct negotiations with Iran in New York or anywhere else on the JCPOA.”

Patel, in response to another question about the State Department’s human rights report and…