Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran, on August 5, 2019. (PHOTO / AFP)

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday said that the United States has no right to "abuse" the United Nations (UN) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to vilify Iran.

Iran's Foreign Ministry also announced the country's readiness to exchange more prisoners with the United States

The United States has tried to "heighten tension with Iran and bully others to follow," Zarif tweeted on Thursday.

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Zarif said that Washington has a record of "violating" international agreements, including Iran's 2015 landmark nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA.

Therefore, "it retains no right to abuse UN and IAEA to vilify Iran," he added.

Washington has said that it seeks to restore all the lifted sanctions against Iran if the UN Security Council fails to preserve a UN ban on selling conventional arms to Iran.

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Under the Resolution 2231, which endorses Iran's nuclear deal, the arms embargo on Iran will be lifted in October.

Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Ministry announced the country's readiness to exchange more prisoners with the United States.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi referred to recent diplomatic efforts which resulted in the release of prisoners of both sides, saying that if the ground is prepared for further swap of prisoners, the Islamic republic will use all its diplomatic capacity to free the Iranians in the jails of the United States.

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Last week, Iran freed US Navy veteran Michael White who has been in Iran's jail for "espionage" charges. Concurrently, the US released the Iranian scientist Majid Taheri, who had been jailed in the US for "violating US sanctions against Iran."