INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Wednesday that Tehran is reviewing the United States response to the
European Union draft proposal aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the JCPOA, but stressed the importance of "stronger
with the required [level of] rigor and speed," Amir Abdollahian said at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, according to Press TV.Tehran needs "stronger text and stronger guarantees" to wrap up the negotiations that started in April 2021 to
revive the pact and to lift sanctions on Iran.The European Union, which acts as the coordinator in indirect talks between Tehran and
Washington, recently came up with a draft proposal to revive the deal
its response to Iran's comments, which is currently under review in Iran.Amir Abdollahian said an agreement would not be out of reach if
the United States acts "realistically" and the present text is reinforced."Our purpose is the conclusion of a good, strong, and lasting
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), urging the international body to stick to its "technical duty", and drop the "political behavior" towards
repeatedly called on the IAEA to honor its technical duties, warning it against being influenced by the Israeli regime.Amir Abdollahian said
he also discussed the status of bilateral relations with Lavrov, including Iran's commercial, economic, transit, defensive, and security
relations with Russia."We are pleased that the countries' relations are (moving) in the right direction," the top Iranian diplomat
remarked.He also said a roadmap devising the path ahead of the countries' strategic relations would be implemented "in the near future"
following ratification by the nations' respective parliaments.Iranian, Russian payment systems to be connectedThe Russian foreign minister
also announced that the Iranian and Russian payment systems of Shetab and Mir would be connected "in the near future," saying the countries
had discussed the prospect on the central bank governor level.
