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Iran Wants US to Observe Nuclear Deal Before New Talks

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   Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says if the United States
   wants to engage in negotiations, it must observe the 2015 agreement
   that limited Iran's nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.

   Speaking Thursday during a visit to Malaysia, Zarif accused the United
   States of "engaging in economic terrorism against the Iranian people."

   He pointed to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from
   the 2015 deal, which Iran agreed to after two years of talks with the
   United States, Britain, China, France, Russia, Germany and the European
   Union.

   "We did not leave that mechanism. We are still sitting around the table
   with five other countries and the EU. The United States was the sixth
   country, which decided to leave," Zarif said. "So if it wants to come
   back to the room, there is a ticket that they need to purchase, and
   that ticket is to observe the agreement."

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