A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on December 20, 2020 shows him delivering a televised speech.

DUBAI: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Friday that his country is not in a hurry for the United States to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal, but he insisted that the sanctions must be lifted immediately.

"We are not insisting nor in a hurry for the U.S. to return to the deal," Khamenei said in live televised remarks.

"But what is logical is our demand, is the lifting of the sanctions," he added.

Iran's Khamenei: Tehran not in rush for US to rejoin 2015 nuclear deal

"We are not insisting nor in a hurry for the U.S. to return to the deal," Khamenei said in live televised remarks. "But what is logical is our demand, is the lifting of the sanctions," he added.

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