Commenting on the JCPOA talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian indicated that “Iran welcomes a logical negotiation, and we certainly do not seek to escape from the negotiating table, but it is a very important point that the… [Raisi] administration believes in negotiations that have tangible achievements in the interests of the Iranian people”. He further noted that “it will take two to three months for the new government to take office and plan for any decision”. France’s foreign minister subsequently conveyed to Amirabdollahian “the importance and the urgency of an immediate resumption of negotiations”, a sentiment similarly echoed by the German government.