TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met each other in Oslo on Wednesday to talk a bit more on the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

The appearance was scheduled on the sidelines of the 2016 edition of the Oslo Forum, an annual international conference of armed conflict mediators and peace process actors.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he had discussed ways to revive a "frayed" Syrian truce and get aid into besieged communities with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had indicated "how this can be achieved,” according to Reuters.
The 70-minute meeting with Zarif took place soon after Kerry's arrival in Norway from the Dominican Republic. The two also discussed the implementation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and related sanctions relief for Tehran, the U.S. State Department said.
Iran has complained that concerns among banks about breaking remaining sanctions had deterred investment since the deal was signed in July. Washington has said Iran needs to do more to make itself attractive to Western companies.
On Syria, where the war is in its sixth year, Kerry said he still hoped to be able to fully stop the fighting. The February agreement has largely collapsed and there has been little progress in negotiating a political transition that is supposed to begin on Aug. 1.

Foreign Minister Zarif is quoted as having said in Oslo that he believes that the United States has removed sanctions on paper but that it needs to do more to remove the psychological remnants that prevent banks from going ahead to lend.Backed militarily by Iran and Russia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has shown no willingness to compromise, much less step aside to allow a transition Western powers maintain is the solution to the conflict.
At Wednesday's meeting Zarif had "indicated to me possibilities of how this can be achieved", Kerry said.
"It is very clear that the cessation of hostilities is frayed and at risk," Kerry told delegates at the forum near Oslo.
Also, Foreign Minister Zarif is quoted as having said in Oslo that he believes that the United States has removed sanctions on paper but that it needs to do more to remove the psychological remnants that prevent banks from going ahead to lend.
Earlier on Tuesday, top foreign policy decision-makers of Iran and EU sat together to clear away obstacles hindering full implementation of the nuclear deal.
Iran expects to reap economic gains from the deal with West and strong banking ties with international partners is key to fulfilling the goal. 
Iran and the 5+1 group of countries, including five permanent members of the UN Security Council members plus Germany, forged a deal in July 2015 on Tehran’s nuclear program, resulting in removal of sanctions against Iran in exchange for constraints on the country’s nuclear activities. 

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