Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called for a "serious" approach of the negotiating sides in the upcoming nuclear talks for a "good deal," Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. 

"I believe that if the opposite sides enter the Vienna talks with a serious and positive approach, it will be possible to achieve a good agreement in a short time," Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying. 

The Islamic Republic and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are set to meet in the Austrian capital on November 29 to resume negotiations that were paused in June due to Iran's presidential election and the subsequent change in the administration. 

"The Islamic Republic has no intention to be locked in the stalemate remaining from the previous negotiations," Amir-Abdollahian said, calling for the "effective and verifiable removal of (U.S.) sanctions and the return of the opposite sides to their full obligations" as necessary steps for progress in the talks. 

Washington's behavior in imposing new sanctions against Iran has made providing "objective guarantees" an unavoidable necessity, he said, referring to Iranian officials' insistence on guarantees that the next U.S. administrations will not repeat the legacy of former U.S. President Donald Trump by withdrawing from the deal and re-imposing sanctions against Tehran. 

Amir-Abdollahian also pointed to the recent European tour of Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Baqheri Kani, saying that he had "explicit and useful" talks in a number of European capitals ahead of the Vienna meeting. 

The JCPOA Joint Commission is scheduled to reconvene in Vienna with the participation of delegates from China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain, and Iran. 

The United States, which terminated its participation in the agreement in May 2018, is expected to engage in the talks indirectly. 

(Cover: File photo of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. /CFP)