UN Secretary General António Guterres. File photoUN, May 8. UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian during a telephone conversation spoke in favor of an early positive conclusion to the negotiations on the JCPOA, the UN press service said. The telephone conversation took place on Friday. «They expressed interest in an early and positive completion of the negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),» the message says. The parties also discussed other regional issues of mutual interest. In 2015, the UK, Germany, China, Russia, the USA, France and Iran signed a nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which involved the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, then-U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and reinstated sanctions against Tehran. In response, Iran announced a phased reduction in its obligations under the agreement, waiving restrictions on nuclear research, centrifuges and the level of uranium enrichment. save JCPOA talks, Borrell says
