Iran says works toward "neutralizing," removing U.S. sanctions

Xinhua
12 May 2022, 02:05 GMT+10

TEHRAN, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country is working toward both "neutralizing" and removing the U.S. sanctions.

In a tweet, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the negotiations in Vienna for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal and removal of U.S. sanctions are being continued on their right track to reach a "good, strong and lasting" agreement that observes Iran's red lines.

He noted that his government's main strategy is to protect the country through economic transformation and the fair distribution of government subsidies.

In 2015, Iran signed the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with world powers including the United States. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran, including freezing some of Iran's assets abroad, prompting the latter to drop some of its nuclear commitments under the agreement.

Since April 2021, eight rounds of talks have been held in the Austrian capital between Iran and the remaining JCPOA parties to revive the deal.

Iran insists on securing guarantees that the U.S. governments would not abandon the deal again and the sanctions being lifted in a verifiable manner.

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