Japan foreign minister planning talks with new Iran president on Sunday

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : After arriving in Tehran on Saturday, Motegi is expected to hold talks with Raisi and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday.
50% : Tehran - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is planning to speak with new Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on Sunday, diplomatic sources said Saturday.
47% : Japan, meanwhile, has built friendly ties with Tehran while also being allied with Washington.
41% : Under the deal, Iran and six major powers agreed to limit Tehran's nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief.
36% : Raisi has called for the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran, which have been strengthened since 2018 when then-President Donald Trump's administration unilaterally walked out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
32% : The meeting with Raisi, an anti-U.S. conservative hard-liner who took office this month, comes as Iran faces a deadlock in nuclear talks with the United States and Europe.

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