Foreign Minister Javad Zarif maintained that “here’s what… [the] E3 must do before speaking about what Iran should do: Stop despicable COVID Apartheid, honour your obligations under UNSC 2231 Resolution and stop violating the JCPOA. End your malign behaviour in our region: $100 billion arms sales to [the] Persian Gulf and blind support for Israel terror”. Zarif’s comments came after German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas had said that “a form of ‘nuclear agreement plus’ is needed”, and expressed “clear expectations for Iran: no nuclear weapons, but also no ballistic rocket program which threatens the whole region. Iran must also play another role in the region”.