TEHRAN -- The first vice president said on Saturday that removal of all sanctions is on the agenda.

Es’haq Jahangiri made the remarks in an exclusive interview with IRNA.
Removal of sanctions is on the agenda of government and the administration would do its best to help the lifting of all embargos, Jahangiri added.

Government is also ready for any other scenario including continuation of sanctions, he noted.

Iran and the group 5+1 - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany - are engaged in intensive negotiations to work out a comprehensive agreement aimed at ending the longstanding dispute over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work.

Iran and the P5+1 along with officials from the European Union reached a landmark framework agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program on April 2 in the Swiss lakeside city of Lausanne.

The two sides are set to start drafting a final accord, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which is expected to come by the end of June.

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