Iran's new President
Ebrahim Raisi said he was willing to continue negotiations to revive the
2015 nuclear deal, on the condition that they lead to the lifting of US sanctions.
"We will welcome and support any
diplomatic initiative that should lead to the lifting of sanctions," Raisi tweeted on Friday.
The deal was designed to prevent Iran from developing
nuclear weapons but the accord has been in tatters since former US president
Donald Trump pulled the country out in 2018.
Tehran then gradually violated the
limitations set out in the agreement, recently increasing its degree of uranium enrichment closer to a level needed to produce weapons-grade fuel.
Weeks of
talks earlier this year failed to achieve a breakthrough.
Raisi, who was sworn in on Thursday, has said that Iran was interested in resolving the
nuclear dispute and would follow rational diplomacy, but would pursue national interests and ignore any foreign pressure.
Efforts to revive the
nuclear deal have focused on persuading the US to return and lift the sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.
Negotiators are also calling on Iran to comply with the conditions set out in the accord.
Talks were suspended after the
presidential election in mid-June and the change of government in Iran.
The
negotiations are set to continue with Raisi's new nuclear team.
