According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry statement, in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday in New York, Amir-Abdollahian applauded the recent prisoner swap between Iran and the US and the release of Iran’s frozen assets in South Korea.

He said if the other parties are ready, Iran is serious about returning to the nuclear deal so that all signatories will return to their commitments. Abdollahian insisted that atomic bombs have no place in Iran's defense doctrine.