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Raisi speaks with Macron, says nuclear talks must ensure Iran’s ‘rights’
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Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his swearing in ceremony at the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 5, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
TEHRAN, Iran — New Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi tells his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that negotiations with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal must guarantee Tehran’s “rights.”
“In any negotiation, the rights of the Iranian people must be upheld and the interests of our nation ensured,” Raisi says in an hour-long phone call, according to the Iranian presidency’s website.
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