Iran Renews Call to US to Lift All Sanctions Imposed by Trump
Iran on Friday renewed its call for the US to lift all sanctions imposed by former president Donald Trump, after an offer for talks from new President Joe Biden’s administration.
Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that Iran would “immediately reverse” its
retaliatory measures if the US “unconditionally & effectively” lifts “all
sanctions imposed, re-imposed or re-labelled by Trump.”
He
said Iran agreed with the Biden administration’s decision to reverse the widely
discredited claim by its predecessor that the UN had imposed new nuclear
sanctions.
Trump
withdrew the US from JCPOA and imposed crippling sanctions on Iran in 2018,
maintaining a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran.
Iran
a year later responded by suspending its compliance with most key nuclear
commitments in the deal, under which it was promised economic relief for limits
on its nuclear program.
On
January 4, Iran announced it had stepped up its uranium enrichment process to
20 percent purity, far above the 3.67 percent level permitted by the deal, but
far below the amount required for an atomic bomb.
Tehran
has called on Washington to “unconditionally” lift sanctions imposed by Trump
to salvage the nuclear deal.
It has said it will return to full compliance once all parties to the accord fulfill their commitments to the agreement.
