Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that the United States should prove its 'goodwill and determination' to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear pact as months of indirect talks between the long-time foes have led nowhere.
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi gestures to the audience inside the United Nations General Assembly hall as he completes his address to the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023.
After taking office in January 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden tried to negotiate a revival of the nuclear pact under which Iran had restricted its nuclear program in return for relief from U.S., European Union and U.N. sanctions. U.S. and European officials have been searching for ways to curb Tehran’s nuclear activities since the breakdown of indirect American-Iranian talks a year ago.swapping five detainees eachFurther straining already difficult ties, the United States and its Western allies have imposed sanctions on Iran over its handling of months of protests sparked by the death in custody of young Iranian Kurdish women Mahsa Amini.
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