Tehran (AFP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, the official Irna news agency reported.
"After the trip to three Scandinavian countries, we will go to Paris on Friday to meet Emmanuel Macron and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, said Monday evening of Stockholm Mr. Zarif, quoted by Irna.
France is party to the Iran nuclear deal reached in 2015 and has led the European efforts to save the text since the unilateral withdrawal of US President Donald Trump in May 2018, followed by the reinstatement of draconian sanctions against Tehran.
Concluded between Iran and the 5 + 1 group (United States, China, Russia, United Kingdom, France and Germany), the agreement had allowed the lifting of part of the sanctions in exchange for the Iranian commitment of do not acquire nuclear weapons.
In response to the US withdrawal and the inability of Europeans to help it get around the sanctions, Tehran stopped in July to honor some of its commitments under the agreement.
Iran has threatened to free itself from other obligations if the parties to the agreement still fail to help it bypass sanctions, including selling its oil.
The Iranian diplomat began a global diplomatic tour Saturday in Kuwait, before traveling to Finland, Sweden and Norway, then to France.
He will also visit China "next week," according to Irna.
"US sanctions do not put pressure on me," Zarif said Monday night.
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