News - Middle East: Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Americans are sending messages, stressing that they are “in hurry” to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, while “hypocritically” hoodwinking the Western media that the accord is not a priority for them currently.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday on the sidelines of a cabinet session in Tehran, Amir-Abdollahian pointed to the latest developments in the stalled talks on reviving the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and lifting sanctions.

Messages with the American side are constantly being exchanged, he asserted, adding that the last message was conveyed "in the past 72 hours".

“Americans are sending messages through some foreign ministers that they are in hurry for [returning to] the JCPOA, but when Rob Malley speaks to media, he hypocritically says the JCPOA ‘is not our focus right now’ and points to provocations that they seek to have about riots … in Iran,” said the top diplomat.

Americans are pursuing a “completely clear” objective and that is to “exert pressure on us so that we would cross our redlines,” Amir-Abdollahian added.

“What is important for us in the negotiations is the national interests of people,” Amir-Abdollahian hastened to add. “However, we will strongly continue our efforts for removal of sanctions through negotiations."