Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif said today (Sunday) that the country does not intend to return to the negotiating table with the United States, two days before the deadline set by Iran for the removal of restrictions and sanctions on it by the United States. In addition, Zarif said that John Biden’s administration has so far not been different from that of former President Donald Trump, and that both are exerting maximum pressure on Iran.
“The United States must return to the deal and remove the sanctions to which it is addicted. It must know that Iran will not succumb to the sanctions,” the foreign minister said, adding that “all steps Iran has taken can be changed and revoked, but first and foremost an American step must be taken.”
US President Joe Biden in office (Photo: Reuters)Meanwhile, Iran reports that Rafael Grossi, executive director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has arrived in Tehran to discuss “the agency’s vital activities”. Grossi reportedly met with the head of Iran’s nuclear program.
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Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization in Iran, said yesterday that his organization fears the end of work with the IAEA, which will happen in two days if the Americans do not lift the sanctions on Iran.