US should honor nuclear deal if it wants talks - Iran foreign minister

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday the United States must observe the 2015 nuclear deal and stop engaging in "economic terrorism" against the Iranian people if Washington wants to meet for talks. Tensions between Tehran and Washington have risen since U.S. President Donald Trump's administration quit an international deal last year to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions and began to ratchet up sanctions.

Trump said this week he would meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani under the right circumstances to end the confrontation over the 2015 deal and that talks were underway to see how countries could open credit lines to keep Iran's economy afloat. Rouhani has said Iran would not talk to the United States until all sanctions were lifted.