“The (removal of) oil and banking sanctions will be part of the negotiations and measures of the other side in the first step,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and senior negotiator in talks with major world powers Seyed Abbas Araqchi said in a press conference in Geneva on Thursday.
He said that if the US representative in talks with Iran, Wendy Sherman, or any other person has claimed that only a small part of the sanctions would be lifted, “they should be sure that we will also take few measures”.
Araqchi described last night talks between the Iranian and G5+1’s experts and deputy foreign ministers in Geneva as promising, and expressed the hope that the two sides can obtain results in their two-day talks which started on Wednesday.
