Iran renews call for sanctions relief as Biden offers nuclear talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also welcomed Washington's decision to rescind the Trump administration's position on snapback sanctions.
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Acting US Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Mills (L) is seen in an undated photo. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) addresses a news conference in Baghdad on July 19, 2020. - US Mission to the United Nations (L) / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images (R)
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Iran repeated its call for the United States to lift all sanctions, a day after the Biden administration revoked former President Donald Trump's position on so-called snapback sanctions and announced it was willing to sit down with Iran and other parties to the nuclear deal. 

“US acknowledged Pompeo's claims re Res. 2231 had no legal validity,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted Friday. “We agree.”

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