Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said this week his country would back talks with the US, but only if it lifted sanctions reimposed following Washington's decision last year to withdraw from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that curtailed Iranian nuclear programme, writes Nassir Shirkhani.
"Before everything else, they need to remove all of the sanctions regardless of whether they want to return to the deal or not, which is up to them," Rouhani reportedly said.