Iran ready to resume nuclear negotiations immediately: Foreign minister

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said he will stay behind a few additional days in New York to meet with world leaders [File: Vahid Salemi/AP]

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.