Russia, Iran support early resumption of nuclear deal — Lavrov

Moscow and Tehran stand for the early resumption of full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program (JCPOA), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday following talks with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

“We discussed in detail the current situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program,” Lavrov said. “We are in favor of the earliest possible resumption of full implementation of this agreement, which was backed by the UN Security Council resolution, on the basis of the original balance of interests contained therein.

“We are waiting for the US to return to the legal framework of this nuclear deal, and we are also waiting for the lifting of the illegal sanctions the US has imposed to hurt not only Iran and its people, but a number of other countries,” Lavrov pointed out.

Last week a pause was announced in the Vienna talks on the resumption of the Iran nuclear deal, with delegations returning to their capitals for consultations.

In the context of unprecedented sanctions pressure from Western countries, Moscow requested written guarantees from Washington that the current restrictions would not affect the regime of trade, economic and investment ties, which are inherent in the JCPOA, and that the sanctions situation would not affect Russian-Iranian cooperation.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh pointed out in this regard that Russia’s request has been officially submitted, it should be discussed within the Joint Commission, like all proposals on the nuclear deal.

TASS