Russia describes latest Iran nuclear talks as 'positive'

The talks in Vienna come less than a week after a suspected Israeli attack on an Iranian nuclear facility.
Russia’s governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mikhail Ulyanov, is interviewed as he leaves after the Iran nuclear talks on April 6, 2021, in Vienna, Austria. Representatives from the United States, Iran, the European Union and other participants from the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are meeting both directly and indirectly over possibly reviving the plan.
Russia’s governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mikhail Ulyanov, is interviewed as he leaves after the Iran nuclear talks on April 6, 2021, in Vienna, Austria. Representatives from the United States, Iran, the European Union and other participants from the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are meeting both directly and indirectly over possibly reviving the plan. - Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images
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Russia on Thursday described the recent talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna as “positive,” even as tensions soared over a suspected Israeli attack on an Iranian nuclear site and Tehran’s planned hike in uranium enrichment.

Iran and the other signatories of the landmark nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on Thursday resumed talks in the Austrian capital aimed at salvaging the deal and returning the United States to the 2015 agreement.

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