Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian emphasised that Iran “has no intention to be locked in the stalemate remaining from the previous [nuclear] negotiations”. He added: “Iran is determined to achieve a good agreement, but it requires effective and verifiable removal of sanctions and all parties return to obligations … U.S. actions and violations, including its new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, have made it an unavoidable necessity for the U.S. to present objective guarantees”.