Iran calls on Joe Biden to ‘unconditionally’ lift nuclear sanctions imposed by Donald Trump

Iran on Friday called on the new US administration to “unconditionally” lift sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the Islamic republic to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, warning against any concessions.Just two days after US President Joe Biden took office, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif published an op-ed in the US foreign policy magazine Foreign Affairs on Tehran’s view towards saving the deal.The agreement has been largely in tatters since former president Donald Trump withdrew…

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