Iran to allow monitoring of its nuclear activities if sanctions lifted

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran may allow stricter monitoring at its nuclear facilities on the condition that sanctions are lifted, Report informs via TASS.

"We will not give up our rights, but we can take measures to [enhance] transparency on the condition that sanctions are lifted," he told SNN television.

At the same time, Araghchi said it was "too early to speak about the results of the talks" with the United States, because the issue of Tehran’s uranium enrichment remains "unsolved." In his words, the negotiations will continue "until the United States gives its consent."

Otherwise, if the United States keeps insisting on total stop of uranium enrichment, "no agreement will be reached."

"The JCPOA is not dead yet, but it cannot be revived. It should be left behind," he told SNN television.

He also said that some of JCPOA’s provisions on sanctions need to be reviewed.

The fifth round of negotiations between Iran and the United States will take place in Rome on May 23.