President Rouhani, recounting his discussions while attending the UN General Assembly, indicated that "France had prepared a plan that could be acceptable, because it was basically based on the demand that Iran must not seek nuclear weapons, which we had already said it wasn't, and the U.S. must abandon all its sanctions". He went on to assert that "we cooperated, but the party that obstructed it was the White House; Iran, Paris, Tokyo and the rest of the countries were not to blame". Rouhani also affirmed that "whenever the Iranian nation's rights and respect are observed, the path is clear".