Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday rejected any new negotiations or changes to the participants of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers after French President Emmanuel Macron said any new talks should include Saudi Arabia.
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"The nuclear accord is a multilateral international agreement ratified by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which is non-negotiable and parties to it are clear and unchangeable," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh was quoted by state media as saying.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Friday that Tehran will not accept US demands that it reverse acceleration of its nuclear program before Washington lifts sanctions, .
The demand "is not practical and will not happen", he said at a joint news conference in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The new administration of US President Joe Biden has said Tehran must resume compliance with curbs on its nuclear activity under the world powers' 2015 deal before it can rejoin the pact.
Iran breached the terms of the accord in a step-by-step response to the decision by Biden's predecessor Donald Trump to abandon the deal in 2018 and reimpose sanctions on Tehran.
Earlier this month, Iran resumed enriching uranium to 20% at its underground Fordow nuclear plant - a level it achieved before the accord.
However, Iran has said it can quickly reverse those violations if US sanctions are removed.
"If the United States fulfills its obligations, we will fulfill our obligations in full," he said.
Iran's parliament, dominated by hardliners, passed legislation last month that forces the government to harden its nuclear stance if US sanctions are not eased within two months.
Zarif also condemned US sanctions against Turkey over Ankara's decision to procure Russian S-400 defense systems.
"The US government is addicted to sanctions … and this harms the world and the US itself," he said.
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