Speaking in a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in New York on Wednesday (Tehran time), Rouhani emphasized that Iran’s economy should have enjoyed a “positive atmosphere” based on the obligations of the Western parties of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran nuclear deal or JCPOA).

“As long as some technical problems (of Iran) regarding banking and insurance issues have not been resolved, the obligations of the other party have not been met,” he noted.

The Iranian president further emphasized that European governments should assure major world banks of possibility of cooperation with Iranian banks, adding that London can take the main step in this regard.

The British premier, for her part, hailed the expansion of Tehran-London relations in political and economic fields in recent years and said Britain would back further development of ties.

While the JCPOA, a 159-page nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) came into force in January, some Iranian officials complain about the other party’s failure to fully implement the accord.



Earlier in March, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Americans have yet to fulfill what they were supposed to do as per the nuclear deal.

Iran still has problems in its banking transactions or in restoring its frozen assets, because Western countries and those involved in such processes are afraid of Americans, the Leader said at the time, criticizing the US for its moves to prevent Iran from taking advantage of the sanctions removal.