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"Monitoring continues, but until a (nuclear) agreement is reached, the information will remain with us and will probably be deleted," Behrooz Kamalvandi, Spokesman for the AEOI, was quoted by Iran's Arabic language news network Al-Alam as saying on Saturday. Regarding the transfer of some nuclear facilities in Karaj, near the capital Tehran, to Natanz complex in central Iran, he said "unfortunately due to the terrorist operation against Karaj facilities."

"The agency has no access to the data in the memory of the installed cameras and the relevant information will be stored with Iran and will not be provided to the agency" until Iran returns to the implementation of the nuclear pact, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said Mohammad Reza Ghaebi, Head of Iran's permanent mission to international organisations in Vienna

"In the past two or three weeks, the American side has made excessive demands that contradict some paragraphs of the text prepared for a possible agreement in the recent Vienna talks," Amir-Abdollahian said, adding the US wants to propose and impose new conditions outside the negotiating framework in exchange for the lifting of anti-Iran sanctions.

The ministry said in a statement that these persons "support acts of terror and spread terrorism as well as flagrant violations of human rights", adding they were blacklisted in accordance with Iran's human rights and counter-terrorism laws, Xinhua news agency reported. They also played a role in supporting, organising, imposing, and intensifying US unilateral coercive measures against the Iranian people and government, sponsoring and backing terrorist groups.

The Iranian diplomat Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday in a tweet that "the excessive demands" of the US could lead to a pause in the Vienna negotiation as Iran will "never give in" to such demands, Xinhua news agency reported. He also pointed out that "an agreement can be reached if the United States is realistic".

Making the remarks in a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday, Hossein Amir Abdollahian added that Iran has submitted its proposals concerning the remaining unresolved issues to the US through Enrique Mora, the European Union (EU) Coordinator for the Iran nuclear talks, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.

Making the remarks in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih, Raisi on Sunday added that it has become evident that the external power only seeks its own interests and hegemonic goals. The Iranian President said Iran supports Iraq in promoting its unity, independence, security and regional and international position, noting any insecurity in Iraq will be detrimental to the entire region, Xinhua news agency reported.

"By imposing new sanctions and preventing an Iranian singer from entering (the United States) under false pretenses, it has once again shown that it is hostile to the people of Iran in all circumstances," Bahadori Jahromi tweeted on Saturday. The US government has a clear record of breaching international laws and human rights standards despite the claims for "goodwill," he added.

Elaborating on the present situation of the negotiations in the Austrian capital, the Minister said the achievement of an agreement in the talks hinges on Washington's adoption of a realistic approach, reports Xinhua news agency. In terms of bilateral ties between Iran and Qatar, Amir Abdollahian called for expanding bilateral economic cooperation, and following up on the implementation of the previously signed agreements.

The Department of the Treasury said in an announcement that the sanctions are imposed after Iran's missile attack on Erbil, Iraq and an "Iranian enabled Houthi" missile attack against a Saudi Aramco facility earlier this month, as well as other missile attacks by Iranian proxies against Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Xinhua news agency reported.