China stresses sanctions removal is the key to resolving the Iranian nuclear issue.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached a “temporary bilateral technical understanding” during the visit of IAEA chief to Tehran, according to a joint statement.

US President Joe Biden says America stands ready to “re-engage” with the group of countries that are party to a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, less than three years after his predecessor, Donald Trump, pull Washington out of the multilateral deal.

Iran’s foreign minister says the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers did not include Iran’s defensive capabilities because the US was not prepared to stop its arms sales to the region as a precondition.

Iran’s top security official says the lifting of all sanctions against Tehran is the sole option available to the US to correct Trump’s failed maximum pressure campaign.

Beijing backs Iran’s rejection of any renegotiation of the nuclear agreement, saying the key to resolving the situation around the deal is for the US to return to compliance.

The top Iranian and Swedish diplomats exchange views on issues of common interest, including the 2015 nuclear deal and bilateral consular relations.

Tehran says the future US president will first have to compensate Iran for the damage the US has done to the nation with its departure from the 2015 nuclear deal if he wants to rejoin the multilateral accord.

Government spokesman Ali Rabiei hails the lifting of the UN arms embargo on Iran as an “achievement,” saying it shows that the country adopted a “correct policy” when it chose to stay in the 2015 nuclear deal following the US pullout.

Having unilaterally left the JCPOA, the US attempt to gain international support for re-instituting an arms embargo has not only failed but has, in fact, led to increased US isolation on the world stage.