Iran’s Raisi backs nuclear talks, rules out meeting Biden | Malay Mail

DUBAI, June 22 — Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi yesterday backed talks between Iran and six world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal but flatly rejected meeting US President Joe Biden, even if Washington removed all sanctions.

“We support the negotiations that guarantee our national interests. ... America should immediately return to the deal and fulfil its obligations under the deal,” said Raisi, who is himself under US sanctions. Raisi said Iran’s foreign policy would not be limited to the nuclear deal, adding that “all US sanctions must be lifted and verified by Tehran”.

“We don’t currently have any diplomatic relations with Iran or any plans to meet at the leader level,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. “Our view is that the decision maker here is the supreme leader.” He is under US sanctions over a past that includes what the United States and human rights groups say was his involvement in the extrajudicial killing of thousands of political prisoners in the Islamic Republic in 1988.

Echoing Khamenei’s stance, Raisi said Iran’s “regional activities and ballistic missile programme” were non-negotiable.

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