Zarif: Iran ready to work on French proposal on nuclear deal

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif has said Tehran is ready to work on the French proposal on the nuclear deal.

Zarif said at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs on Thursday: "There are proposals on the table ... We will work on them."

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday offered either to ease sanctions on Iran or provide a compensation mechanism to enable the Iranian people to live better in return for Tehran's full compliance to the nuclear deal, which the United States withdrew last year.