Tehran 0
19 December 2020

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif insisted that the U.S. “is obliged to act on 2031 [sic] Resolution, which means they have to lift sanctions. We will act on JCPOA when the U.S. lifts sanctions—it should go beyond rhetoric— when Iran gets a permit to sell oil, and when we are allowed to withdraw our capital, then we would undertake the responsibilities the JCPOA oblige us to”.

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