Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged US President-elect Joe Biden to return to a 2015 nuclear deal and lift crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic,
Biden, who takes office on Wednesday, has said the United States will rejoin the pact that includes restrictions on Iran’s nuclear work if Tehran resumes strict compliance.
“The ball is in the US court now,” Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.
“If Washington returns to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, we will also fully respect our commitments under the pact.
“Today, we expect the incoming US administration to return to the rule of law and commit themselves and if they can, in the next four years, to remove all the black spots of the previous four years.”
Tensions have grown between Tehran and Washington since 2018, when Donald Trump exited the deal that sought to limit Iran’s nuclear program and prevent it developing atomic weapons.
Washington reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.
Iran, which denies ever seeking nuclear arms, retaliated to Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ policy by gradually breaching the accord.
Tehran has repeatedly said it can quickly reverse those violations if US sanctions are removed.
Read the article in The West Australian (AAP).