EU's top diplomat says Iran nuclear talks to resume 'soon'

The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Thursday that he expected Iran and world powers would "soon" resume talks over reviving the landmark nuclear agreement.

During a press conference in Doha on Thursday, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, Josep Borrell, said negotiations aimed at salvaging the 2015 accord would resume "within an acceptable period of time.”

Multilateral talks in Vienna were suspended in June, following the election of hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. No date has been set for a seventh round of negotiations between those still party to the deal — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the European Union — and Iran. 

Tehran in recent weeks has indicated it is willing to return to the negotiating table in Vienna, but Iranian officials have declined to give a firm date. Last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that "the Islamic Republic of Iran will return to the table of negotiations," and that the talks will resume “very soon.”