A senior Iranian diplomat asserted that “we want a complete lifting of sanctions imposed against the country and this includes sanctions which have been imposed on Iran during former U.S. President Trump’s administration as well as all JCPOA-related sanctions”. He further underlined that “we do not believe in ‘step-by-step’ or ‘stage-by-stage’ lifting of sanctions”, emphasising: “Iran should see the effects of these sanctions lifting in practice”.