 Kurdish United States will not sanction Russia's participation in nuclear projects in Iran on their review nuclear deal, but would not allow Russia to use a deal as an escape hatch to evade Ukraine-related sanctions. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday talks in Vienna were passed last week, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergio Lavram met with his Iranian counterpart Hossien Army Abdullaian said earlier on Tuesday that U.S. suggestion that Moscow was blocking efforts to review the 2015 deal were untrue. One, the JCPOA is not going to be an escape hatch for the Russian Federation and sanctions that have been imposed on it because of the war in Ukraine. But two, we are not going to sanction Russia for undertaking, for participating in nuclear projects that are part of the JCPOA.