U.S., Iran Gather for Indirect Talks on Nuclear-Deal Revival
Efforts to revive the Iranian 2015 nuclear agreement were set to resume on Tuesday in Qatar’s capital, with U.S. and Iranian officials playing down expectations of a quick breakthrough that would open the way to a restored deal.
The talks, which will be mediated by European Union diplomats since Iran refuses to meet directly with the U.S., are the first since negotiations broke down in mid-March. The aim is to agree steps Washington and Tehran would need to take to return into compliance with the nuclear deal, which lifted most international sanctions on Iran in exchange for tight but temporary restrictions on Iran’s nuclear work.
The 2015 agreement has all but ceased to apply since the Trump administration left the agreement in 2018 and reimposed sweeping sanctions on Tehran. Iran responded by massively expanding its nuclear work so that almost none of the deal’s limitations still apply.
In March, after nearly a year of discussions, the U.S., Iran and the other participants in the talks—Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany—came very close to finalizing an accord to restore the agreement. However, despite settling almost all of the text, last-minute discord over the scope of sanctions that would be lifted blocked an agreement.
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