Iran’s chief negotiator in Vienna says Tehran will not reduce its nuclear activities before the US removes all its sanctions and returns to the nuclear pact.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the US must remove all sanctions in one step before Iran resumes full compliance with the nuclear deal.

Austria says it is ready to make all efforts to provide an appropriate atmosphere for talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.

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Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Iran and the United States will have no direct or indirect dialogue in Vienna.

Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but it has been held by ethnic Armenian separatists backed by Armenia since 1992.

A senior Iranian official says Tehran will return to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal only after the US lifts all the sanctions imposed on the country by the Trump administration and after Iran will be able to verify the termination of those sanctions.

A senior Iranian diplomat says any possible talks with the new US administration should only be held within the right format of the JCPOA.

The AEOI has already been tasked with producing and restoring at least 120 kilograms of enriched uranium with a 20-percent purity level every year.

Abbas Araqchi says South Korea should not submit to the extortionist policies of the White House.