Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, addressed the stalled nuclear talks and his country’s negotiations with Saudi Arabia in a press conference today.
Discussing EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell’s Saturday visit to Iran, Khatibzadeh said that Iran “thanks the European Union’s facilitation efforts” in moving ahead the nuclear talks. He added that Borrell and Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and discussed Iran’s request for “economic guarantees” in the revival of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).