If the US side takes a realistic approach to the negotiations, the 2015 nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) can be resumed, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said during a telephone conversation on Wednesday with his Nigerian counterpart Geoffrey Onyeama.
"The deal is possible if the US side [gets] real," Abdollahian said in a message posted on the official Twitter page of the Iranian MFA.
The minister stressed that Tehran is committed to continuing negotiations on restoring the JCPOA and is ready to do everything to prepare and adopt a "weighty and durable" agreement.
The JCPOA was signed with Iran in 2015 to address the crisis over its nuclear developments by the permanent UN Security Council "Five" and Germany. Previous US President Donald Trump decided in 2018 to withdraw from the agreement. Current US leader Joe Biden has repeatedly signaled a willingness to bring Washington back into the nuclear deal with Tehran. Russia, Britain, Germany, China, the US and France have been negotiating with Iran in Vienna since last April to restore the JCPOA to its original form.
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Based on materials from TASS