TEHRAN, Sept 24 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said that, an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will be “within reach,” if the U.S. stops its “contradictory behaviours.”
Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks to reporters in New York, while elaborating on his meetings on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
“We believe that, in view of the prisoner swap, conducted between Iran and the U.S. earlier this week, if the American side quits its contradictory behaviours and shows its real intention, achieving an agreement for all parties’ return to the JCPOA and the removal of sanctions on Tehran, will not be out of reach,” the report quoted the minister as saying.
Amir-Abdollahian noted that, he met with members of an American think tank and a number of former U.S. officials in New York, to explicitly discuss bilateral issues, one of which was the “wrong” approach of the U.S. towards Iran and the JCPOA.
Iran and the U.S. conducted a prisoner swap on Monday, with each side releasing five detainees under a Qatar-brokered agreement.
Also on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, said, Iran is open to indirect nuclear talks with the U.S. on the sidelines of the UNGA, which had seen the attendance of Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, leading a high-ranking delegation.
