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The EU's foreign policy chief says he is hopeful the Iran nuclear deal could be revived after receiving "reasonable" responses to his proposed text from Iran and the United States. "I am hoping that in the coming days we are not going to lose this momentum and we can close the deal" says Josep Borrell, at an informal meeing of EU foreign ministers in Prague. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that time was running out for Iran to return to a nuclear deal after a scathing report by the UN atomic watchdog. SOUNDBITE
Iran says that the preservation of a nuclear accord depends on the scheduled end in October of a UN arms embargo as the United States seeks to extend it. "The timetable for the removal of arms restrictions embodied in Resolution 2231 is an inseparable part of the hard-won compromise," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells a Security Council session. SOUNDBITE
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday said suggestions by French President Emmanuel Macron about defusing the crisis over Iran's nuclear drive went in the right direction but more work needed to be done. SOUNDBITE
The President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinisto greets Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif at the President's official residence Mäntyniemi in Helsinki. Zarif is to visit three Nordic countries to discuss regional affairs and human rights. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joined Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the United Nations on Wednesday for a first meeting with partners backing the Iran nuclear deal. IMAGES