Iran, France hold intensive expert-level talks on ways to save nuclear deal
Tehran (KNA) - Iranian and French experts have held intensive talks aimed at salvaging an international nuclear deal, which has been at risk of unraveling since the US withdrew from it last year.
The ten-hour meeting was chaired by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi, who headed a politico-economic delegation, in the French capital, Paris, on Monday.
According to Iran's Foreign Ministry, both sides reviewed details of President Emmanuel Macron's initiative to save the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), following phone calls with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.
Macron's plan - which he separately discussed in detail with US President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif - reportedly included a "softening" of economic sanctions against Tehran in exchange for some liabilities.
The initiative, according to an earlier report by Bloomberg, will allow Iran to sell certain amounts of oil in exchange for fully implementing the JCPOA.
Source: PressTV