Raisi: Iran 'never has hope' in Vienna talks
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has struck a pessimistic tone commenting on the nuclear talks between Iran and world powers.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Friday that Tehran “never has hope” in the ongoing talks seeking to revive the 2015 nuclear accord.
“We put our hopes in the east, west, north, south of our country and never have hope in Vienna and New York,” Iran’s hard-liner president said during a televised speech marking the anniversary of the 1979 revolution.
The latest: Raisi's comments come as the eighth round of indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran resumed in Vienna this week. Parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action have hinted that negotiations were in their final stretch.
Russia's representative in the talks, Mikhail Ulyanov, tweeted Friday that the talks were "definitely moving ahead."
