Public goodwill on nuclear issue, meeting French counterpart to listen to a "precondition"

On September 24, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was in New York to attend the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly (UN).

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at the UN General Assembly session on September 24 in New York. (Source: MNA)

According to Iran's state news agency IRNA , speaking at the UN General Assembly meeting, Mr. Pezeshkian stated: "We are ready to cooperate with the parties to the 2015 nuclear deal. If the commitments of the agreement are fully and in good faith, dialogue on other issues can be conducted."

Earlier, speaking on the sidelines of the General Assembly meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also affirmed that the country is ready to launch new negotiations on the 2015 nuclear deal, signed between Iran and the P5+1 group (including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany), also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

According to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, Iran has been more willing to cooperate with the agency after the negotiations in New York, although Iran's nuclear program continues at its usual pace.

Also during the new Iranian President's activities in New York, according to AFP news agency, on September 24, the leader met with his Iranian counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

The French President's office issued a statement saying that Mr. Macron told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian that bilateral relations would only improve if Tehran immediately released three French citizens detained in the country.

President Macron had previously spoken twice by phone with Mr. Pezeshkian as tensions rose between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia movement in Lebanon.

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