Analysis
Does Raisi need a nuclear deal more than Biden?
Also: The Iran talks in Vienna enter their final days, what comes next, and why neither president should expect an assist from the US Congress on Iran.
Days not weeks
“It is not a question of weeks, it is a question of days,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, speaking about the Vienna talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said hours later that “we are in the midst of the very final stages of the talks.”
Amwaj has the scoop here from informed Iranian sources that there is a 20-page document in circulation among the negotiating teams in Vienna, including three annexes on sanctions, nuclear commitments and implementation, meaning the sequencing of actions, which would reportedly take place over a 10-day period.
