BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 23. Iran has always been and is now ready for all negotiations on the nuclear program, taking into account all the rights of its people, the newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on July 22, TurkicWorld reports.
According to Pezeshkian, the US first withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was signed and implemented between Iran and the P5+1 group (the US, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany), and then imposed the toughest sanctions against Iran.
Iran's president said that Iran nevertheless declares its readiness to negotiate.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a telephone conversation, also expressed hope for the restoration of the nuclear agreement and stated that the international community, including Japan, has high hopes for an effective agreement by Iran's new government in this regard.
Kishida noted that Japan is also ready to play a constructive role between the two sides to restore the JCPOA, given its traditional friendly relations with Iran and close relations with the US.
The sides held negotiations on the development of relations between Iran and Japan during the phone conversation.
To note, the Comprehensive Plan of Joint Action on Iran's nuclear program was implemented between Iran and the P5+1 group (the US, Russia, China, the UK, France, and Germany) in January 2016. In May 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from this plan, and in November of the same year, it imposed sanctions against Iran.
In late 2020, the Iranian Parliament, referring to the imposition of sanctions against the country, decided to implement the Nuclear Strategic Plan in order to lift the sanctions. Following the decision of the Iranian Parliament on February 23 of the same year, Iran suspended the implementation of the additional steps and Additional Protocol provided for in the nuclear agreement. Thus, the IAEA's verification capabilities have been reduced by 20–30 percent.
