The foreign minister of Iran has said that the Islamic Republic would be willing to return to the bargaining table with the US if President Donald Trump removes crippling economic sanctions he imposed after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal.
“Once those sanctions are lifted, then … the room for negotiation is wide open,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told NBC News in an interview that aired Monday evening.
New York Post reports that he blamed Trump’s decision to pull out of the accord last year that Tehran signed with other world powers for undercutting diplomatic efforts.
“It is the United States that left the bargaining table. And they’re always welcome to return,” Zarif said.
