Saeed Khatibzadeh told a press conference on Monday about sale of the country's crude oil: "Our economy is much better in terms of hard currency reserves than last year; crude oil is being sold in world markets as much as the Ministry of Petroleum supplies."

Regarding the reason for the suspension of the nuclear talks, he added: "The United States is responsible for the delay in the Vienna talks. All elements and components of the maximum pressure must be removed. The United States cannot devote all its energy and time to maintaining some of the components of maximum pressure and Trump's legacy.”

Khatibzadeh stated: The second point is that the chain of economic benefit of the Iranian nation from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) must be seen in full.”

The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: "JCPOA has not worked for us for many years and the economic interests of the Iranian people have been ignored. Continuation of this situation raises the fundamental question of what is the economic benefit of the Iranian people from the nuclear deal.”