New York � Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaking to Al-Monitor in New York following a UN Security Council meeting on Syria on Dec. 18, said it remains to be seen if US-Iran relations would ease in the wake of the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal as early as next month. But he said Iran was disturbed by recent proposed changes to the US Visa Waiver Program that could require European travelers who had visited Iran to apply for a visa to travel to the United States, and he had been discussing the matter with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

�We will have to wait and see,� Zarif told Al-Monitor in an interview at Iran�s ambassadorial residence in New York on Dec. 18, regarding whether US-Iran ties would ease up a bit after the United States lifts sanctions when the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is implemented as early as January.

�Unfortunately, there are mixed signals coming from Washington, mostly negative signals, including the Visa Waiver Program restrictions� proposed in a Congressional omnibus spending bill Dec. 18, Zarif said. �Now we await for the decision by the administration on how it wants to bring itself into compliance with its obligations under JCPOA.�

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