FM: Removal of all illegal sanctions, Tehran's main goal in Vienna talks

Iran’s foreign minister says the main goal pursued by Iran during the forthcoming talks with the remaining parties to the landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers is to secure removal of all illegal sanctions imposed on the country.

According to Press TV, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a Thursday phone call with his Polish counterpart, Zbigniew Rau, during which the two sides discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments.

During the phone call, Iran’s top diplomat stressed that the main goal pursued by Tehran through participation of the forthcoming talks in the Austrian capital, Vienna, is removal of all illegal sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States after the latter withdrew from the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in 2018.

“All participants [in Vienna talks] have reached the common understanding that the United States is the main party to blame and is responsible for the current state [of negotiations],” Amir-Abdollahian added.

During the Thursday phone call, Amir-Abdollahian also thanked Poland for donating one million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Iran, saying the move was an example of humanitarian relations between the two countries.

He said despite the United States’ inhumane sanctions, Iran has covered more than four million Afghan refugees in its vaccination drive, stressing that his country welcomes any initiative by other countries, especially Poland, to help the Afghan people, including the refugees who are not in good conditions these days.

Pointing to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Amir-Abdollahian underlined that Iran supports the establishment of peace in the Arab country, saying the Yemeni crisis has no military solution.

The Polish foreign minister, for his part, voiced his country’s determination to further enhance the Tehran-Warsaw relations.

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