Iran nuclear talks to resume next week: EU chair
Talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume next Monday, the EU diplomat chairing the negotiations said yesterday, urging a "picking up of the pace".
Officials have said the deal would become obsolete within weeks if Iran continued to step up its nuclear activities as it has been doing since 2019, a year after the United States left the landmark agreement and reimposed sanctions.
"Vienna talks to resume on Monday 27 December. The JCPOA Joint Commission will meet to discuss and define the way ahead," EU diplomat Enrique Mora wrote on Twitter, referring to the acronym of the deal's formal name.
"Important to pick up the pace on key outstanding issues and move forward, working closely with the US. Welcome to the 8th round."
Negotiations restarted in November after a five-month hiatus to try to restore the deal, which was to offer Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme.
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