Hints of progress on Iran nuclear talks, but time running out
The ongoing JCPOA talks in Vienna are still complicated, and the timeline is down to a ‘few weeks,’ says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Latest: Talk of ‘progress’ and a ‘good agreement’
The buzz around the nuclear talks in Vienna among the parties to the Joint Comprehensive of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear agreement, is around “progress.”
The parties negotiating the agreement, which provides sanctions relief in return for constraints on Iran’s nuclear program, are the UK, France, Germany, the EU, Russia, China and Iran. US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in May 2018. But the road to a deal definitely runs through Tehran and Washington, with perhaps a side path from Washington to Jerusalem.
Statements out of capitals signal some qualified traction in the talks:
