Tehran: Iran wants the United States to lift all sanctions and reject "step-by-step" easing of sanctions, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday in Vienna on the resumption of the nuclear deal between Tehran and the world. Said Saturday before the planned talks. authorities.
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The comments came as France urged Iran to take a constructive stance in indirect talks with Washington in the Austrian capital, which would be part of a broader dialogue.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzada said Tehran opposes a gradual easing of sanctions. "Step by step, no plan is being considered," he told state broadcaster Press TV.
The final policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to lift US sanctions.
Former President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions on Iran, forcing Tehran to violate some of its nuclear sanctions.
Trump's successor Joe Biden wants to restore the deal, but there have been differences between Washington and Tehran over who should take the first step.
The US State Department has said that the focus of the Vienna talks will be on Iran's nuclear program to return to compliance with the nuclear deal.
Iran, China, Russia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. All parties to the 2015 agreement held virtual talks on Friday to discuss a possible US withdrawal from the agreement.
After a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement that he had asked Iran to refrain from further violations of its nuclear program.
"I urge Iran to be constructive in these discussions," Le Drian said.
"Their goal is to help identify in the coming weeks the steps that will be needed to return to full compliance with the nuclear deal."
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