Masoud Pezeshkian, head of the government of the Islamic Republic, said Thursday, Mehr 2, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York that Tehran wants to revive the ceasefire understanding with the United States before the country’s midterm elections in November.

In an interview with NBC News and other media, Pezeshkian said: “We don’t want it to come to the midterm elections, and we want the Americans to return to the agreement before that.”

Pezeshkian’s remarks came as, during the days of the United Nations General Assembly, contacts between the Islamic Republic and the United States have increased in an effort to reach an agreement. Donald Trump, the U.S. president, said on Tuesday, Shahrivar 31, that negotiations with the Islamic Republic are continuing and expressed hope that the two sides will reach an agreement.