United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on US President Joe Biden's administration to lift or waive all sanctions on Iran as agreed under a 2015 deal, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
In a report to the UN Security Council, Guterres also urged the United States to "extend the waivers with regard to the trade in oil with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and fully renew waivers for nuclear non-proliferation projects."
Guterres' appeal to Washington comes amid talks to revive the 2015 deal, under which Iran accepted limits on its nuclear program in return for a lifting of many foreign sanctions against it.
"I appeal to the United States to lift or waive its sanctions outlined in the plan," said Guterres, who also appealed to Iran to return to full implementation of the deal.
Iran has refined uranium up to a purity of roughly 60%, far above the deal's limit of 3.67% and much closer to the 90% suitable for atom bomb cores.
