Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the future of his country shouldn’t depend on the resurrection of its nuclear deal with world powers.
He also said that the talks to revive the 2015 pact, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are “going well.”
“Absolutely do not wait for nuclear negotiations in planning for the country and move forward,” Khamenei told a gathering of senior officials, state TV reported.
“Do not let your work be disrupted whether the negotiations reach positive or semi-positive or negative results.”
Iran has been engaged for a year in negotiations with France, Germany, Britain, Russia, and China directly, and the United States indirectly, to revive the deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). READ MORE
