U.S. officials and other signatories to Iran deal to meet in Vienna next week

[brooklynite]

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Source: Washington Post

BERLIN — The United States and other original signatories to the Iran nuclear deal will convene in Vienna next week in an effort to revive the 2015 agreement that President Biden has said he wants to see salvaged.

Representatives of Iran, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and China will convene Tuesday “to clearly identify sanctions lifting and nuclear implementation measures,” the European Union said in a statement.

U.S. envoys will not be part of those discussions, but will be on hand for “separate contacts” with the group, according to a European Commission statement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there would be no direct meeting between Iran and the United States. “Unnecessary,” he tweeted as Iranian officials stood firm on Tehran’s demand that the Biden administration first ease sanctions on Iran as a precondition to dialogue.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iran-nuclear-deal-us-talks/2021/04/02/24d718d6-9326-11eb-aadc-af78701a30ca_story.html

[Aristus]

1. Sounds like PB is testing the waters. Smart.

Surprise reactionary measures don't work in foreign affairs; at least they don't work well. Trump's abrupt, disastrous withdrawal from the treaty is proof of that.

PB may go slow on the issue, but I think he's going to keep his head in the game.

[JudyM]

2. Locking

Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142722722

Please continue discussion in that thread.