Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan says that if Iran gets an operational nuclear weapon, “all bets are off”.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says Iran gave a reasonable response to the bloc's proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, which he hopes the US will also respond positively to as early as this week.
Iran is seeking assurance from the Biden administration that a future US government will not go back on the nuclear agreement.
The Iranian response has been received and the EU is consulting with the US and the other parties "on the way ahead," a spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says.
Analysts predict Iran could boost its oil exports by 1 million to 1.5 million barrels per day, or up to 1.5 percent of global supply, in six months, following international efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
Officials from world powers and Iran are meeting in the Austrian capital for the first time since March, when negotiations — which began in 2021 to reintegrate the United States into the agreement — stalled.
A fresh round of nuclear talks between Iranian and American diplomats has begun with a range of issues clouding the future course of these negotiations.
Joe Biden delivers tough talk on Tehran’s nuclear ambition, but takes a different approach from Israel as he begins his four-day Middle East tour.
A hydrocarbon-fueled political crisis at home is mainly driving the US president’s upcoming visit to the region.
Iran refuses to hold direct talks with its arch-foe, the United States, resulting in the "proximity" talks arrangement involving European Union envoy Enrique Mora.
Iran has chosen Qatar to host discussions with the US on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal that the then-president Donald Trump pulled the United States out off.
Tehran's reaction came as countries at an International Atomic Energy Agency meeting in Vienna voted to censure Iran for failing to cooperate over its nuclear programme.
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