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Rouhani: Iran still ready for talks if US lifts sanctions
TEHRAN, Dec 4, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday
that Iran is still ready for nuclear talks on condition the United States
first lifts “unlawful” sanctions.
“If they are prepared to put aside the sanctions, we are ready to talk and
negotiate, even at the level of heads of the 5+1 countries,” Rouhani said in
remarks aired live on state television.
Rouhani has long demanded the lifting of US sanctions for Iran’s return to
talks under the auspices of the so-called P5+1 that reached a 2015 nuclear
deal — the five veto-wielding permanent members of the UN Security Council
plus Germany.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1320 hrs