Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Wednesday evening that Iran and other related parties "are close to the final point of a deal more than any time before," according to a press release by the Iranian foreign ministry.

"What can make a good and lasting agreement certain is realistic behavior by the United States and its decline to make new and false demands," Abdollahian said in a phone conversation with his British counterpart, Liz Truss.

He added that Iran is ready for a final deal if all its red lines are respected.

In 2015, Iran signed a nuclear pact, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, Britain and the United States, plus Germany) and the European Union.

However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran.

Since April 2021, eight rounds of talks have been held in Vienna between Iran and the remaining JCPOA parties, with the United States indirectly involved, to revive the deal.

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