A senior US State Department official told reporters that the United States would not lift all sanctions against Iran, even if it returned to the Comprehensive Joint Action Plan (JCPOA) the nuclear deal.
According to Sputnik, the US official said that the United States would be willing to lift the sanctions imposed after Iran’s withdrawal from the UN Security Council only if Iran returned to the agreement.
“This does not mean the lifting of all sanctions, because if there is a careful study of the UN Security Council, there are legal sanctions. According to the UN Security Council, the United States can impose sanctions on terrorism and human rights violations,” he said.
The Biden administration warned Friday that it will not lift every single economic sanction that former President Donald Trump imposed on Iran, despite pressure from Iran to do so as the two countries try to resurrect a nearly dead nuclear agreement.
A senior State Department official clarified the United States’ position on sanctions at the end of a week in which Tehran and Washington held indirect talks in Vienna about returning to the 2015 agreement. The U.S. official‘s comments followed a tweet from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who said all Trump-era sanctions needed to be lifted before Iran would return to compliance with the deal.
