Rouhani urges restored banking, oil ties for Iran under JCPOA
Tehran (KNA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that a restoration of banking and oil industry cooperation is what Tehran expects as minimums under a major international nuclear agreement which has suffered as a result of US sanctions.
Speaking on the phone with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Rouhani said Iran was committed to efforts in Europe and elsewhere to resuscitate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a deal signed on Iran's nuclear program in 2015 which began to unravel when the US pulled out of the agreement in May last year.
Rouhani said, however, that Iran had reduced its commitments under the JCPOA to persuade other parties to the deal to observe their own obligations so that Iran could enjoy the promised benefits.
He said Iran was open to new proposals for finding a solution on the current situation of the JCPOA, adding, however, that Tehran views a restored interaction with the world on banking issues and oil exports as the "most fundamental" of its economic rights.
Source: PressTV