The United States has threatened Iran with harsh sanctions in the absence of a nuclear deal.

The American side will impose tough sanctions against Iran if the country does not agree to the nuclear deal. This was announced on April 8 by US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to CNBC.

"I would expect very tough sanctions against Iran and hoped that they would force it to abandon its nuclear program," Wright said, according to the Reuters news agency.

The minister stressed that the United States cannot allow the Islamic Republic to have nuclear weapons.

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Earlier in the day, Stanislav Tarasov, an expert on the problems of the Middle East and the Caucasus, told Izvestia that as a result of contacts between the United States and Iran, progress is possible regarding the discussion of the deal. He recalled that although US President Donald Trump had stated that there would be direct talks on April 12, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denied information about the level of contacts, specifying that indirect talks in Oman were planned.

Yesterday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is in constant consultations with Iran on various issues, including the nuclear deal. According to him, the Russian side is ready to do everything possible to facilitate the settlement of this problem by political and diplomatic means.