Iran says nuclear talks to resume in weeks

Iran’s government said on Tuesday that negotiations with international powers over its nuclear program would resume in Vienna in a few weeks.

“As previously emphasized, the Vienna talks will resume soon and over the next few weeks,” Iran’s state-run IRNA News quoted Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying.

Khatibzadeh, who is attending the UN General Assembly summit in New York, also sought to clarify a statement by France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian that international foreign ministers would meet with Tehran’s top diplomat during the gathering in a bid to reinvigorate the talks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian planned to meet individually with foreign ministers from countries involved in the nuclear agreement, but there would be no joint meeting, Khatibzadeh said today, according to IRNA.