Vienna talks to pause after 'good progress,' Iran negotiator says
Iran's top negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said "good progress" was made during talks this week.
Talks aimed at resurrecting the Iranian nuclear agreement will break on Friday for several days before resuming next week, according to Iran's top negotiator.
“We have made good progress this week,” Ali Bagheri Kani tweeted on Friday. “We will convene a Joint Commission today & will continue talks after a break of a few days.”
Kani’s comments come as the United States and the remaining parties to the nuclear deal — Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia — seek to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which in 2015 set curbs on the country’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Iran and world powers returned to Vienna in late November for their first meeting since the June election of hard-liner Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Iran refuses to talk directly with the United States, so the two sides are negotiating through European intermediaries.
