Iran to Return to Talks on Nuclear Deal Soon, Minister Says

  • Amirabdollahian says Biden clings to Trump’s trade sanctions
  • Foreign minister cites progress in talks with Saudi Arabia

Hossein Amirabdollahian, center, during a parliament session in Tehran. 

Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
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Iran will return to talks on reviving the deal curbing its nuclear program “very soon,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Friday.

At a breakfast with reporters in New York, the top Iranian diplomat said his nation sees negotiations as part of diplomacy but the U.S. continues to send contradictory signals. He said President Joe Biden keeps damaging trade sanctions imposed by former President Donald Trump “close to his heart.”