“We always leave the road open for diplomacy. But our third retaliatory step is also ready, on Wednesday, Mr. President (Iran Hassan Rouhani) will announce it, ”Tass quoted Zarif as saying.

The Foreign Minister noted that he would inform the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini about this step and its implementation will begin on Friday, September 6.

Earlier, Zarif said that Tehran will return to full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA) within a few days or even hours, if there is progress in negotiations on the implementation by Europeans of their part of the agreements.