Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister announced the lifting of the two-month US naval blockade on Iranian ports, a key demand, ahead of a formal deal signing to end the war.
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The lifting of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports.
Iran's emphasis on the blockade's removal.
The upcoming formal signing of the peace deal.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi, at the time its U.N. ambassador, speaks to the media outside Security Council chambers at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., June 24, 2019. File Photo: Reuters
TEHRAN: An Iranian deputy foreign minister on Tuesday said the two-month US naval blockade on Iranian ports had been lifted ahead of the planned formal signing of a deal ending the war.
“The lifting of the blockade was something we had emphasised from the outset. It has now begun, and the blockade has been lifted prior to the formal signing” scheduled for Friday, said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi, according to the government’s website.
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