Iran ready for further prisoner swaps; seeks U.S. nuclear move: FM Zarif
"We can always engage in further prisoner swaps, it is in the interests of everybody," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told an Italian diplomatic conference speaking via video-link. The top dipölomat also urged the United States to show good will by returning to a 2015 nuclear deal that President Donald Trump walked out of.
- Middle East
- Reuters
- Published Date: 03:09 | 03 December 2020
- Modified Date: 03:16 | 03 December 2020
Iran is ready to engage in further prisoner swaps after last week exchanging a jailed British-Australian academic with three Iranians detained abroad, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday.
"We can always engage in that, it is in the interests of everybody," Zarif told an Italian diplomatic conference speaking via video-link. "Iran is ready to reciprocate. We can do it tomorrow. We can also do it today."
Zarif also urged the United States to show good will by returning to a 2015 nuclear deal that President Donald Trump walked out of. He said that if the U.S. honoured its original commitments, Tehran would show full compliance with the pact.