DUBAI: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani appealed to US President-elect JoeBiden on Wednesday to rejoin to the 2015 nuclear deal and remove thesanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Biden, who takes office on Wednesday, has said the United States willrejoin the pact that includes restrictions on Iran’s nuclear work if Tehranresumes strict compliance.

“The ball is in the US court now. If Washington returns to Iran’s 2015nuclear deal, we will also fully respect our commitments under the pact,”Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.

“Today, we expect the incoming US administration to return to the rule oflaw and commit themselves, and if they can, in the next four years, toremove all the black spots of the previous four years,” he said.