Efforts to restore a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hit a rough patch Thursday after Tehran complained about new and unjustified demands made by the U.S. and said sanctions-removal on some Iranian entities was non-negotiable.
Talks in Vienna are set to blow through yet another informal deadline after Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told his European Union counterpart, Josep Borrell, in a phone call that there are “no rational justifications for some of the new demands made by the U.S., and they contradict the U.S.’s position on reaching a deal quickly,” according to a statement by Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
