Tehran
\nIran\u2019s foreign minister has said an agreement can be reached with world powers over its nuclear deal if Western parties have the will and intention to do so.
\nIn an exclusive interview with international media outlet on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said an agreement could be reached if all sanctions were lifted. An eighth round of negotiations aimed at restoring Iran\u2019s landmark 2015 nuclear deal is under way in Vienna, where Iran is still looking for guarantees that US sanctions will be lifted.
\nThe talks over the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are taking place between Iran and world powers that are signatories to the deal. The United States, which unilaterally withdrew from the deal in 2018, is participating in the talks indirectly.
\nThe JCPOA provided sanctions relief to Iran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme. But after the US withdrawal, Iran abandoned some curbs and is now using advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium up to 60 percent.
\n\u201cLifting sanctions means lifting all forms of sanctions stipulated in the nuclear agreement, and the sanctions that Trump reimposed contradict the terms of the agreement,\u201d Amir-Abdollahian told Al Jazeera.
\n\u201cWe demand guarantees that include not imposing any new sanctions, and not reimposing sanctions after lifting them under any pretext,\u201d he added.
\nThe Iranian official said the most \u201cpractical model\u201d for this would be when it comes to Iran exporting oil and obtaining revenues through the country\u2019s own banking system.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s an informal and an indirect exchange of message with the Americans in Vienna \u2013 we hear good words from that delegation, but what is important to us is to see practical and serious American actions,\u201d he Amir-Abdollahian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tehran Iran\u2019s foreign minister has said an agreement can be reached with world powers over its nuclear deal if Western parties have the will and intention to do so. In an exclusive interview with international media outlet on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said an agreement could be reached if all sanctions were lifted. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-237492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n