“The situation will change only if the US removes all sanctions against the Islamic Republic.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet with his Iranian counterpart to end the standoff over Tehran's nuclear activities.
The key to “positive developments” is in the hands of Washington, President Rouhani said during a local ceremony on Tuesday, Mehr News Agency reported.
“If they wish for more security in the region and want to have better relations with regional countries; if they claim that they want nothing from Iran, then they have to step back from sanctions,” the president added.
"We won't build nuclear bombs" said Rouhani, calling on US to take the first step as the door cannot be unlocked without this step, “which is for you to remove all illegal and unjust sanctions against the Iranian nation."
Tensions started to build up between the US and Iran after President Trump withdrew Washington from the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018, and imposed sanctions against Tehran in a bid to restrict the country's trade transactions with the world.
last month, Iran announced that its stockpile of enriched uranium would exceed, on Sunday, the 3.6 percent limit set out by the 2015 pact “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)” with world powers.
Iran confirmed that it wants to salvage the nuclear deal and called on other parties to meet their obligations.
The announcement points out that Tehran is reducing its commitments to the 2015 deal.
Commenting on this move, US President Donald Trump warned Iran to be “careful with threats” as they can “come back to bite you”.
The announcement comes at a time of sharply increased U.S.-Iranian confrontation, a year after Washington fully withdrew from the deal and re-imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Iran.
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