Iran Tells U.S. That a Mere Signature Won’t Fix Nuclear Deal
- U.S. must act first with removal of key trade sanctions
- Talks with U.S. won’t start until UN resolution is restored
Both the U.S. and Iran are calling on each other to take the first step to restore the international agreement that traded sanctions relief for curbs on Iran’s nuclear program.
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Iran said the U.S. has to remove key economic sanctions and return to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal before any talks on resetting the Islamic Republic’s atomic program.
The U.S. “cannot return to the nuclear accord with one signature in the way that they left with one,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a press conference in Tehran on Monday.