The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in IỈan. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

He made the remarks at a weekly press conference in Tehran, when responding to inquiries about potential changes to Iran’s negotiating team after Ali Bagheri Kani, the country’s chief nuclear negotiator, was appointed caretaker foreign minister after the death of Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

He said that the exchange of indirect messages between Iran and the US on removing sanctions has been continuing without interruption.

However, such interactions had focused solely on areas concerning the lifting of the embargoes and nuclear issues and had never gone beyond that specific framework, Kanaani said.