Laurence Norman
WSJ, Mar. 11, 2022
“After weeks of round-the-clock negotiations in Vienna between the U.S., Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, the pause significantly raises the prospect that efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal may fail.”
The Iran nuclear talks broke off Friday with no agreement, imperiling negotiations that were advancing toward a deal until Russia upended them with demands that would soften the West’s sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine invasion.
The talks’ European Union coordinator, Josep Borrell, said Friday he would speak to the U.S., Iran and other teams “to overcome the current situation and to close the agreement.” Other diplomats said talks could still resume soon.
“A pause in #ViennaTalks is needed, due to external factors,” Mr. Borrell said on Twitter. “A final text is essentially ready and on the table.”
After weeks of round-the-clock negotiations in Vienna between the U.S., Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, the pause significantly raises the prospect that efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal may fail. The U.S. quit the deal in 2018 and Iran has since then expanded its nuclear work significantly in response to reimposed American sanctions.
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