Iran will not accept preconditions from a new Biden administration over its nuclear programme and the US must return to a 2015 deal before talks can take place, its foreign minister says.
Javad Zarif said the US had its own "commitments" that must be implemented.
President-elect Joe Biden has said he will rejoin the nuclear deal and lift sanctions if Tehran returns to "strict compliance with the nuclear deal".
Both sides appear to want the other to readopt the agreement's terms first.
In May 2018, US President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal negotiated under his predecessor, Barack Obama.
He then reimposed strict economic sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's oil and financial sectors.
Tehran has since exceeded limits to its nuclear activities set under the deal, raising suspicions that it could be using the programme as a cover to develop a nuclear bomb.
Its government insists, however, that its nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful...
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