Iran Nuclear Talks to Resume Amid Growing Doubts About a Deal
- U.S. says Iran needs to return to talks ‘ready to negotiate’
- Diplomats say they hope to end standoff between Iran and U.S.
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The U.S. and Iran will resume talks Nov. 29 on reviving the 2015 agreement that imposed limits on Tehran’s nuclear program, after a five-month delay that fueled skepticism that the two sides will be able to bridge differences over sanctions relief and the permanence of the deal.
The talks -- in which the U.S. and Iran don’t speak face-to-face but through European and Russian intermediaries -- will reconvene for a seventh round in Vienna. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and deputy foreign minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, said agreement on the date came after a phone call with Enrique Mora, the European Union envoy who has helped mediate the talks. The EU and the U.S. confirmed the date in separate statements soon after.