Iranian foreign minister says Tehran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations if other parties are willing to do so.

Iran is ready to start a new round of nuclear negotiations, the country’s foreign minister has said.

In a social media post, FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is ready to open talks on Iran’s nuclear programme this week, should others prove willing. However, the recently appointed moderate acknowledged that heightened regional tensions make reviving the process a challenge.

“If the other parties are ready, we can restart the negotiations during this trip,” Araghchi said. Iran’s top diplomat is due in New York this week to attend the United Nations General Assembly, with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expected to deliver a speech on Tuesday.

“I will stay in New York for more days after the return of the president and I will have more meetings with foreign ministers of different countries,” Araghchi said in a statement quoted by state-run IRNA news agency on Monday.

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