Iran urges U.S. to quit sanctions addiction if seeking to reach nuclear agreement

STORY: Iran urges U.S. to quit sanctions addiction if seeking to reach nuclear agreement DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Iranian Foreign Ministry press conference STORYLINE: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday urged the United States to quit its addiction to sanctions and display "constructive" behavior if it seeks to reach an agreement on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, according to the official news agency IRNA. Nasser Kanaani made the remarks in an address to a weekly press conference, adding that Washington's imposition of fresh sanctions against Tehran indicates that the U.S. government is suffering from inconsistency and paradox and fails to have the political will for continuing the nuclear negotiations. He noted that the talks on the nuclear deal's revival and sanctions' removal are continuing through the European Union (EU) as the negotiations' coordinator, saying the 77th session of the United Nations Gene