Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a recent interview with the state-funded Iran Newspaper that with Joe Biden in the Oval Office, a removal of sanctions against Tehran would take the new US president “only three executive orders.” Those sanctions were reimposed by President Donald Trump after his 2018 departure from the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The Iranian top diplomat added that in such case, Iran will return to full compliance with its deal obligations. In May 2019, Iran started a phased breach of its commitments in response to the US withdrawal and European signatories’ failure to live up to their economic promises under the accord.
