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Optimism in Iran as nuclear talks inch closer to 'last station'

Iranian negotiators appear to expect an imminent conclusion to the talks on reviving the nuclear deal.

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A hackney carriage drives past the Hotel Palais Coburg, the venue of meetings on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in Vienna, on Feb. 8, 2022. — ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images

Iranian negotiators have presented “new solutions” to settle “the remaining issues” in Vienna, reported the IRNA news agency, echoing the official stance of the government of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi.

The latest round of talks resumed last week in the Austrian capital, where Tehran and world powers have engaged in intense diplomacy to reinstate the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Any such deal, the IRNA added, is dependent on US willingness to give up its “unrealistic demands” and “make decisions on sanctions relief” as the negotiations have entered the “finale.”

“JCPOA revival calling at last station,” read a headline from the Reformist daily Ebtekar. The paper quoted sources close to the negotiations as hailing a “constructive environment” where “serious discussions are continuing on the remaining issues.”

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