SOCHI, May 15. /TASS/.Austria regrets that the United States pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program and the subsequent revival of the US sanctions against Iran, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen told a joint press conference following the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi.

"You know, Austria deeply regrets that the US withdrew from the JCPOA and regrets the developments that followed, such as the reinstatement of the US sanctions on Iran which indirectly affect European and, particularly, Austrian companies," he lamented.