"The United States has to decide once and for all whether it wants to continue the legacy of the previous administration," Saeed Khatibzadeh said at a weekly press conference in Tehran Monday.
The spokesman stressed that Iran is not in a hurry for an agreement, even though it will not allow the negotiations to drag on.
The spokesman said the fifth round of the talks to remove US sanctions on Iran could be the last one if the “key remaining issues” are resolved.
Khatibzadeh said the ball is in Washington’s court to decide whether it wants to pursue the failed legacy of former president Donald Trump – namely the maximum pressure policy – or turn over a new leaf and return to its obligations under the JCPOA, which tasks the US with the removal of anti-Iran sanctions.
The Israeli regime has done its utmost to torpedo the JCPOA since the deal was inked. It strongly supported Trump’s withdrawal from the historic pact and his maximum pressure campaign on Iran.
A number of US Republican senators introduce a new bill to preserve the Trump-era sanctions against Iran.”