Rouhani calls on the militants not to interfere

Zarif urges America to return to the nuclear deal

Zarif said that Tehran is ready for more prisoner swap deals.

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Yesterday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the United States to show goodwill by returning to the 2015 nuclear deal from which President Donald Trump withdrew.

He added that if the United States respected its original commitments, Tehran would return to full compliance with the agreement.

Zarif told an Italian diplomatic conference, via a video link, that Tehran is ready for more prisoner exchange deals, after it swapped a imprisoned British-Australian academic with three Iranians held abroad.

"We can always be a part of that. This is in everyone's interest," he added.

Iran is ready for the swap.

We can do it tomorrow, and we can do it today. ”

For his part, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday called on the hardliners who control the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament) not to interfere in the country's nuclear policy, after the deputies approved a controversial bill related to the country's nuclear file.

On state television, Rouhani said, “Our brothers (in parliament) should not take hasty decisions.

Let diplomacy experts deal with these issues with maturity, calmness and the required attention.

Rouhani stressed that the nuclear deal in particular should not become a victim of internal power struggles.

Observers believe that the hardliners want to block the way to any negotiations in which the reformist President Rouhani may enter with the US President-elect Joe Biden, with the aim of reducing the chances of the moderate reform forces winning in the presidential elections scheduled for next year.

Rouhani added, "My dear colleagues, it is still too early to start the election campaigns."

Last Tuesday, Parliament approved a law that includes ending UN inspectors' inspections of Iranian nuclear sites starting next month if the United States does not lift the main sanctions.

The Guardian Council, the body that is authorized to review legislation, approved the law yesterday.

Parliament took the decision in response to the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Iran accuses both the United States and Israel of responsibility for the assassination.

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