Tehran: We are ready to amend the agreement in exchange for lifting the sanctions

Iranian government spokesman Ali Rubaie revealed that President Hassan Rouhani will present important proposals in New York to build confidence and break the current stalemate, in conjunction with the resumption of meetings of the work of the 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Rubaie said in a statement after the cabinet meeting that Tehran could accept limited amendments to the nuclear deal and provide assurances that Tehran is not seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, in return for the United States to return to the agreement concluded in 2015 and lift the sanctions imposed on it.

"If the sanctions are over and there is a return to the agreement, there will be room for reassurances to break the deadlock," Rubaie told state television. "The president has a proposal for minor changes to the agreement."

An Iranian source told Al Jazeera that the Iranian amendments to the nuclear deal are related to the technical part and international supervision.

He added that the proposed Iranian amendments include accelerating the agreement and the start of steps that were postponed until 2025. It also includes the conversion of the protocol, which allows snap inspections into a binding law.

The source said the proposed amendments would be in return for lifting US sanctions and ratifying the nuclear deal in Congress.

In the same context, the channel "Press" Iranian television said Wednesday that Tehran offers to accept tougher inspections of its nuclear program if the US Congress approved the nuclear deal and Washington lifted all sanctions.

"Iran's proposed amendment to the nuclear deal calls for the early approval of an additional protocol by the Iranian parliament, the approval by the US Congress of the nuclear deal and the lifting of all Washington sanctions," the channel said, citing what it considered "informed sources."

Opportunity
French President Emmanuel Macron said he believed conditions had been set for a meeting between the US and Iranian presidents, but said the decision was up to them.

"I think conditions have been created for a speedy return to negotiations," Macron told reporters after meeting his Iranian and US counterparts on Tuesday on the sidelines of the General Assembly. "It is now up to Iran and the United States to seize the opportunity."

"There is a common intention to move forward, not only to create the conditions to stop the escalation, but to build a long-term agreement."

The French president is mediating efforts between Washington and Tehran to stop the escalation, after Iran went on to ease its obligations in the nuclear deal signed in 2015, in response to the policy of pressure exerted by the administration of President Donald Trump against it since the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal last year.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said President Trump had asked him to mediate with Iran to ease tensions and explore the possibility of a new deal on Iran's nuclear program.