TEHRAN, Dec 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said yesterday that, if the red lines of the Islamic Republic are respected, Iran is ready to take final steps to reach an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
He said that, there was an opportunity to discuss issues related to the lifting of anti-Iran sanctions with EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, and EU coordinator for the nuclear talks, Enrique Mora, during the visit to Jordan.
“Our understanding is that, the parties (to the nuclear deal) are returning to realism, and we also announced that, if our red lines are respected, we are ready to take the final steps to reach an agreement,” Amir-Abdollahian told reporters, at the conclusion of his visit to Amman, where he attended the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership.
He said, over the last months, the U.S. has repeatedly declared its preference for the final steps of all parties for the return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but they behaved “hypocritically in the media.”
In the meeting with Borrell and Mora, the Iranian side talked about all these issues and emphasised that, “if the U.S. claims for diplomatic follow-up (of Vienna talks) is true, they cannot do other ways, using media for extracting concessions” from Iran, Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying.– NNN-IRNA
