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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Says Wants US Assurances over Nuclear Deal If Revived

An Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021. (Reuters)

Iran said on Monday that the United States should provide guarantees that Washington will not abandon again Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, if talks to revive the agreement succeed.

Echoing Iran's official stance, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Washington must lift all sanctions imposed on Tehran by former US President Donald Trump in a verifiable process, Reuters reported.

He also added that Washington should "recognize its fault in ditching the pact".

Indirect talks between Iran and the United States, which stalled in June after the election of hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, are set to resume on Nov. 29 in Vienna to find ways to reinstate the deal that Washington abandoned three years ago and reimposed sanctions on Iran.

Trump pulled the US out of the accord in 2018, opting for what he called a maximum-pressure campaign of stepped-up US sanctions, leading Iran in turn to step up its nuclear activities from 2019 onwards.

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