Tehran 0
16 November 2021

President Ebrahim Raisi told his Russian counterpart that “Iran is very serious in the [nuclear] negotiations and we are equally serious in ensuring the rights of our nation to lift sanctions as well”. The same day, he told parliament that “the country’s international interactions are pursued with the priority of diplomacy with neighbours and based on mutual respect and the principles of dignity, wisdom and expediency, and the country’s diplomacy has turned from passive to active”.

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