The Boston Globe reported on Friday that Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif twice to discuss the way to strategise the Iran nuclear deal.
As per the report, Kerry, who was the lead negotiator of the deal under former President Barack Obama administration also discussed the same with French President Emmanuel Macron, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and top European Union foreign affairs official Federica Mogherini.
The Iran nuclear deal was signed between six countries – Iran, US, Britain, Germany, Russia, France and China for lifting economic sanctions on Tehran in exchange for limitations to the country’s nuclear programme.
The deal guarantees the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme. Following that, Tehran had pledged to not develop or acquire nuclear weapons in exchange for the cancellation of sanctions imposed against the country.