Iran Demands U.S. Identify Sanctions to Be Lifted to End Impasse

  • Nuclear enrichment steps, attacks have stoked Gulf tensions
  • Negotiators will meet again in Vienna on Friday for talks

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. 

Source: Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

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The U.S. needs to explicitly state what sanctions it’s willing to lift to unblock talks to revive the stricken 2015 nuclear accord, Iran’s lead negotiator said on Thursday, with diplomacy struggling to bridge deep differences after three rounds of meetings in a little over a week.