Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have discussed the latest developments vis-à-vis a landmark nuclear agreement Tehran signed with the P5+1 group of countries after the United States’ move to withdraw from it.

In a statement, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the top Iranian and Russian diplomats held a phone conversation on Monday.

“The foreign ministers…exchanged views on a range of vital issues of the international and regional agenda with the focus on the situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA) on the Iran nuclear program,” it added.