Iran’s diplomat conditions clause before entering nuclear deal

Iran’s diplomat conditions clause to US before re-entering nuclear deal. They  insisted to lift economic sanctions imposed on it by Trump administration before the 2015 nuclear pact can be revived.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s Tehran confirmed it would begin limiting additional international monitoring of its nuclear sites Tuesday, a move that for Iran represents another lean away from the accord exited by the U.S. in 2018.

Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tehran had “not yet responded” to that diplomatic opening.

“It is Iran that is isolated now diplomatically, not the United States,” Sullivan told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “And the ball is in their court.”

In an interview with Iran’s state-run, Zarif said: “The United States must return to the deal and lift all sanctions . The United States is addicted to sanctions, but they should know that Iran will not yield to pressure.”

he nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, was negotiated by the U.S. with Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.

His weekend remarks reflect the position Iran has held since the U.S. pulled out of the nuclear deal. Iran has said it will resume negotiations with the U.S. only when the sanctions are lifted because it is Washington, not Tehran, that exited the accord.

The U.S. has been unwilling to take that first step, although the Biden administration’s offer Thursday to hold talks was its first public attempt at renewed diplomacy. Sullivan said the U.S. has “begun to communicate” with Iran regarding detained U.S. nationals.