TEHRAN, June 23. /TASS/. Russia will be pressing for the restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for settling the situation over the Iranian nuclear program to its original configuration without any exceptions or addenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference following talks with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday.

"We will seek to ensure that the JCPOA be restored to its original configuration, as it was approved in 2015 by a UN Security Council resolution, without any exceptions or addenda. All illegal anti-Iranian sanctions that contradict the JCPOA must be lifted," Lavrov said.

He drew attention to the fact that Russia "together with other JCPOA signatories has been exerting efforts for quite a long time aimed at correcting the mistake the United States committed by pulling out this deal and the relevant UN Security Council’s resolution, thus once again defaulting on its obligations under international law."

"We hope that Washington will make a rational choice, although there is no complete certainty about this," Lavrov added.